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Don’t feed two cow* 
to make butterfat 
when one is capa¬ 
ble of making the 
same amount Not 
more cows but bet¬ 
ter cows should be 
the plan of the 
American dairyman 
today. 
-P. M. SHARPLES 
*' There are no tab* 
ttitutee for dairy 
HIS invitation is extended to any 
dairyman who thinks of buying 
a cream separator. It is founded 
on actual fore - knowledge of the 
result of the test—not upon 
speculation. 
The Sharpies Suction-Feed 
Cream Separator skims clean at 
any speed. It is the suction-feed 
principle that enables it to do so 
and that principle is protected by 
patents. No other separator can 
use it. 
The knee-low supply tank, the 
one piece tubular bowl—no discs 
to clean—are other exclusive 
Sharpies features. 
The separator that gets the most but¬ 
terfat out of milk is the only one it will 
pay the thrifty dairyman to buy. It is 
because we know the Sharpies gets more 
butterfat than any other separator, that 
we ask the prospective buyer to put it 
to a test that cannot fail. 
SUCTION-FEED 
CREAM SEPARATOR 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO. 
West Chester, Pa., Dept. 12 
Branches Chicago San Francisco Toronto 
Y. M. C. A. AUTOMOBILE TRAINING 
for shop work—engine principles; self-starter, 
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WE SELL IF^rxxiS 
Write for complete list of New York State farms for 
sale. We have a size, location and price to please 
you. Stock and tools included on many of them. 
Mention R. N.-Y. when replying. MANDEVILLE 
KEAL KSTATE AGENCY, Inc.. Dept. I. Glean, 
N. Y. Branch agencies throughout New York State. 
Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Compounding Ration 
Will yon give me a balanced ration 
made up'with the enclosed mixed feed? 
At present I am feeding this with gluten 
and cottonseed meal. 3-2-1. My hay is 
the ordinary farm hay. Red-top and 
herds grass ; no clover. w. V. R. 
Massachusetts. 
I very much doubt the wisdom of in¬ 
cluding as much as 60 per cent of the 
mixed feed mentioned in your ration in¬ 
tended for dairy cows. You will find 
that it is more economical to compound 
this ration and utilize more homegrown 
feeds. A better mixtui’e would cousist 
of 200 lbs. of hominy. 200 lbs. ground 
oats, 200 lbs. oil meal, 200 lbs. gluten. 100 
lbs. cottonseed, 100 lbs. bran. T.et. them 
have ali of the hay that they will con¬ 
sume. 
Feeding Dairy Cows 
I have fresh grade cows I am feeding 
for cream. My ration consists of 100 lbs. 
cornmeal. 100 lbs. ground oats. 200 lbs. 
wheat bran. 200 lbs', gluten. 200 lbs. cot¬ 
tonseed meal. 200 lbs. oilmeal. I am 
feeding Timothy hay, all they will eat up 
clean, three times a day. I am getting 
good results, but I have been told that 
it was too rich in protein and might cause 
some trouble. I am feeding about 1 lb. 
of this grain for every 5 lbs. of milk 
produced. l. J. k. 
Vermont. 
The ration that you have been feeding 
is faulty, inasmuch as it contains an ex¬ 
cessive and unnecessary amount of pro¬ 
tein. Since this is the most expensive 
element in a ration intended for livestock 
there is nothing to be gained and many 
things to be lost by insisting on feeding 
a mixture that supplies a ration as nar¬ 
row as this one appears to be. An ex¬ 
cessive amount of protein has a tendency 
to harden the tissues, aud in many cases 
is responsible for the failure of the cows 
to mate regularly. The animal’s system 
can utilize only a certain amount of pro¬ 
tein. and when fed in excess it only 
passes through the 1 system undigested. A 
ration more equally balanced and better 
suited for your purpose would be as fol¬ 
lows: 200 lbs. of cornmeal. 100 lbs. of 
ground oats. 100 lbs. of wheat bran. 1 Of) 
lbs. of gluten. 100 lbs. of cottonseed meal. 
100 lbs. of oilmeal. It is impossible to 
modify the butterfat content of milk by 
feeding a ration rich in fats and oils. 
Quality milk is determined by the breed¬ 
ing of the animal, and is not subject to 
modification or change by the feeder. 
Feeding Family Cow 
I have bought a good Jersey cow. sup¬ 
posed to come fresh with her fourth calf 
in June, and intend to dry her off early 
in May. She gives two or 2% quarts 
now. We feed her two bundles of fodder 
a day, oue in the morning and one at 
night, aud six quarts beet pulp feed. 
Have to purchase everything, as we have 
no farm—just a village lot. 1. IIow with¬ 
out bad results to cheapen the feed (if 
possible). 2. How to increase flow, even 
if at the expense of more feed, for she 
would pay for it. and (3) any other 
pointers about managing, feediug and get¬ 
ting best results from her. Fodder costs 
ns 10 ceuts a bundle, loose feed $4 a bag 
(100 lbs.) Any suggestions will be 
greatly appreciated. N. R. 
Delaware. 
If the cow is due to freshen June 1 it 
would uot be well to endeavor to increase 
her flow of milk at this time. She should 
have at least six or eight weeks of a rest 
period. I would suggest that all graiu 
be denied her until she is dry. after which 
I would feed her a ration consisting of 
equal parts of cornmeal, ground oats, 
wheat bran aud oilmeal. Even though 
she is not giving milk it is profitable to 
feed her some grain, say from 5 to 7 lbs. 
per day. together with such roughage as 
cornstalks and hay in such quantity as 
she will clean up with relish. As she 
approaches calving time it would he well 
to use only the oats aud bran, feediug 
equal parts of those two materials to the 
extent, of 4 or 5 lbs. per day. This same 
combination should be continued four or 
five days after calving, gradually increas¬ 
ing the amount until she should eat from j 
7 to 10 lbs. per day at the end of 10 or 
12 days. 
A useful ration to use after normal 
conditions follow calving would be two 
parts of cornmeal, two parts of oilmeal. 
one part of bran and one part of ground 
oats, feeding her 1 lb. of this grain mix¬ 
ture for each 3 or 4 lbs. of milk produced 
per day. While the proprietary feed that 
you have mentioned contains some beet 
pulp and is well suited for feeding dairy 
cows that do not have access to silage or 
other succulence, in itself it does not con¬ 
stitute a balanced ration, and the addi¬ 
tion of corumeal aud oilmeal to the mix¬ 
ture would improve its feeding qualities. 
Equal part of cornmeal and oilmeal 
should be added to the feed mentioned. 
If your cow is to be turned out on grass 
thou it would not be necessary to feed 
any ready-mixed feed, rather giving her 
cornmeal and gluten meal iu equal pro¬ 
portions and fed to the extent of 5 or 6 
tbs. per day. •“ 
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113 Flood Building 
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