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A guide 
to correct 
feeding 
Every dairyman, stock- 
man and poultryman 
should have a copy of 
the TI-O-GA Feed 
Service booklet. 
From cover to cover it deals with every-day 
feeding problems and gives instructions for correct 
feeding of dairy cows, calves, swine, poultry and 
horses. These instructions are based upon prac¬ 
tical feeding determinations which have proven 
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production and more profit can be obtained from 
the best use of roughage by feeding the concen¬ 
trates with them which will form balanced rations. 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Cows on Pasture 
What is the host feed for cows out on 
fair pasture? I am feeding at present 
200 lbs. gluten and 300 lbs. cornmeal 
mixed, and about 1 lb. grain for 5 lbs. 
milk. w. A. B. 
The combination that you are feeding 
your cows on good pasture is au excellent 
one. and T doubt if it can be improved. 
The addition of 100 lbs. of bran or 100 
lbs. cf oilmeal might make it more palat¬ 
able ; but a mixture of three parts of 
cornmeal and two parts of gluten is ad¬ 
mirable. At the present moment, how- 
ex er. oilmeal is a more economical source 
of protein than gluten meal, and it could 
be substituted, at least iu part, although 
oilmeal is inclined to be laxative when 
fed in conjunction with pasture grass. 
If you are getting good results from the 
ration you are feeding I would cliug to it 
and feed it in the same proportions that 
you have indicated. 
Feeding Cows.on Test 
What proportions of the folloxving con¬ 
centrates will be required for a test cow 
ration for Guernseys? 
Bran—l’roteiu, 13 ; carbohydrates, 50 ; 
fat. 4.00. 
Gluten—Protein, 23; carbohydrates, 
50; fat, 1.00. 
Oilmeal, O. P.—Protein, 31; carbohy¬ 
drates not gi\ r en ; fat 5.00. 
Green oats—Analysis not given. 
Hominy—Protein, 10 to 12; carbohy¬ 
drates not gix’cu; fat, 3 to 5. 
Bloodmeal—Analysis not known. 
I would also like to include some bone- 
meal for its minerals. Would like to 
have 23 to 24 per cent protein. We are 
feeding home-grown clover hay and beet 
pulp and some green feed. ii. k. 
The feeding of test cows resolves itself 
into a problem of catering to the likes 
and dislikes of the individual animals. 
While it is desirable to supply digestible 
nutrients in correct proportions, never¬ 
theless it is true that some of our best 
feeders do not depend entirely upon a 
lead pencil to balance a ration or deter¬ 
mine the percentage of ingredients that 
it is best to include. The products that 
you have indicated are all very well suited 
for feeding test cows. 
The bloodmeal will run about 75 per 
cent of protein, and its use in a ration 
of this sort might be simply as an appe- 
the bulk of 
be obtained 
Likewise there is 
the advisability of 
tizer to furnish flavor; but 
the digestible protein should 
other sources, 
question as to 
from 
some 
including bonemeal iu a ration intended 
for dairy cows. Sufficient ash and min¬ 
eral matter would be obtained from the 
bran and ground oats. I should suggest 
the following proportions: Hominy meal, 
100 lbs.; ground oats, 50 lbs.; wheat 
bran, 40 lbs.; oilmeal, 100 lbs.; gluten, 
50 lbs.; bloodmeal, 10 lbs. 
If I included any bonemeal iu the 
combination I should mix it with salt, 
and let the cow have access to such 
amounts as she might devour with relish 
^ ou have failed to give us any informa¬ 
tion concerning the condition of coxvs or 
period of lactation, and, of course, you 
will find it to your advantage to modify 
the combinations somewhat iu order best 
to meet any peculiarities the cows may 
evidence. 
A Florida Feeding Question 
In renting this place I borrowed from 
the owner a fine little Jersey cow, and as 
m.v experience with cows had been ex¬ 
tremely limited T folloxved his methods of 
feeding to the letter. She is on good pas¬ 
ture (that is, good for (his State) and 
receives night and morning a half peck 
of dried beet pulp soaked in water several 
hours, with which is mixed a peck of 
bran and two big haudsful of cottonseed 
meal. She keeps up her flow of milk very 
well on this ration, but it seems an odd 
one to me, and I should like your opinion 
of it and what better ration you would 
suggest. w. s. R. 
Florida. 
The ration that you are feeding the 
Jersey coxv is not an unusual one, and 
if it gives the desired results it might be 
continued. The addition of some ground 
oats and more cottonseed meal would in¬ 
crease its usefulness. The beet pulp pro¬ 
vides the succulence as well as the carbo¬ 
hydrates, and I should say the combina¬ 
tion ought, to be well suited for feeding a 
Jersey cow. As the pasture finishes it 
will he necessary to feed some hay iu 
order to provide a sufficient amount of 
roughage. 
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