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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Ration with Cut Fodder 
On account of excessive demands of 
corn cutters and buskers. I have been 
considering the following plan. For my 
herd of 13 cows I would cut throe acres 
>f corn with my harvester, then, after 
curing, during the Winter cut fodder and 
•orn on my feed cutter. By a careful 
mixing and soaking 12 horn's, could a 
practical dairy ration be compounded 
from this roughage, O. I’, oilmeal, cot¬ 
ton-seed meal, corn and cob meal, gluten 
feed and bran? Would molasses water 
be better for soaking the corn and corn 
stover? The cows are mostly Winter 
milkers. Could the fodder and corn be 
stacked as fodder alone customarily is? 
I recently bought a fresh cow that re¬ 
fuses to eat dairy feed, bran, oil meal, 
gluten. She eats pumpkins from trough, 
but very little else, living and milking 
tolerably well on pasturage of clover and 
permanent sod. J. ». K. 
Maryland. 
You would gain very little by soaking 
the shredded or cut corn fodder intended 
to feed milk cows. As a matter of fact, 
coarse materials of this sort do not con¬ 
tribute a very appreciable amount of di¬ 
gestible nutrients to a ration but rather 
provide bulk and roughage. If the corn 
fodder is cut and cured and stacked 
properly, as you have suggested, it. would 
come out of the stack in good color and 
condition, and if this were shredded or 
run through your feed cutter the cows 
would eat it with relish, 
i You do not state whether it is your 
1 intention to husk the corn, or run the en¬ 
tire stack with the ears on through your 
cutter. It could be done either way with 
fairly good results. Of course the cows 
would lick over the corn fodder very care¬ 
fully in case the corn was cut up with the 
fodder. On the other hand, if the corn 
fodder were fed without being shredded 
or cut they would not eat very much of 
the main stalk, but rather confine them¬ 
selves to picking off the leaves and ears. 
You would find that the cut cornstalks 
that were not consumed would make most 
excellent bedding, and I am sure that 
the extra cost and labor would be justi¬ 
fied. 
While the soaking <>f this shredded 
corn fodder with molasses water would 
increase its feeding value, 1 am inclined 
to believe that it would be a wasteful 
practice. Much of the molasses would be 
soaked up by the pit'll of the stalk that 
would not be eaten by the animals. A 
ration consisting of: 500 lbs. of corn 
and cob meal; 200 lbs. of oil meal ; 200 
lbs. of cottonseed meal; 200 lbs. of 
gluten ; 100 lbs. of bran would supple¬ 
ment with clover hay and cornstalks. I 
take it that the cows are in good condi¬ 
tion ; if not, it might be well to include 
some hominy or ground oats in the above 
mixture. 
It is a fact that cows are peculiar in 
their likes and dislikes. The fact that 
your fresh cow eats greedily of pumpkins 
and docs not take kindly to the grain 
ration that you are feeding emphasizes 
this peculiarity. I would suggest that a 
ration consisting of equal parts of corn- 
meal, ground oats, wheat bran and oil- 
meal be used as a tempting combination, 
if necessary sprinkling this over the cut 
pumpkins and inducing her to cat it in 
this manner. Eventually she may take 
to the grain ration, and gradually it can 
be modified so that it will finally be the 
same mixture that you are feeding regu¬ 
larly to your herd. 
Compounding Feed Mixture 
I have Timothy hay. oat straw, silage, 
oats, wheat, beaus and oilmeal. and can 
buy gluten and bran. One of our best 
producers says ‘‘scoop for scoop of bran 
and gluten.” but I would like to feed m.v 
wheat instead of selling it. Can you give 
no* a good ration? I have this, in mind: 
Fifty lbs. ground oats. 50 lbs. wheat, 25 
lbs. bran. 25 lbs. gluten, 10 lbs oilmeal. 
I would give silage twice a day, Timothy 
once a da.v. oat straw once a day. 
New York. c. w. E. 
The ration that you have suggested 
would give you good results. If the net 
price that the farmer receives for his 
wheat continues to go much lower he 
would he justified in feeding it as a source 
of carbohydrate. Of course it will not 
produce protein at a reasonable cost nor 
as economically as would be provided by 
the gluten. There is very little difference 
in the amount of carbohydrate contributed 
to a ration by the various cereals, and the 
reason why wheat is not generally fed to 
animals is due to the fact that its selling 
value is greater, owing to the fact that 
it is used in the preparation of the high 
grade flours. If the Iowa farmer can 
afford to burn corn in bis furnace in 
preference to coal, owing to the low cost 
of corn and the high cost of coal, the 
Chances are that it might be justifiable, 
but scarcely advisable, to use the whole 
wheat in rations intended for live stock. 
Many poultry feeders persist in the argu¬ 
ment that the use of whole wheat is essen¬ 
tial as a scratch feed, but we have not 
been able to determine any economy in 
feeding whole wheat at the prices that 
have prevailed. You will get good results 
from the use of the combination as indi¬ 
cated. 
Corn and Oats as Ration Base 
I have plenty of corn and oats this 
Fall, and would like to feed as much as 
possible of it to my herd. Can you sug¬ 
gest a good mixture of feed whereby I 
can nue the corn and oat-s as part of the 
ration? I have good silage and mixed 
clover hay. w. a. n. 
Connecticut. 
With an abundance of corn and oats 
available and where one has silage and 
clover hay as you have suggested, I would 
advise the following grain ration. Four 
hundred pounds of corn, 300 lbs. of oats, 
400 lbs. of gluten meal, 200 lbs. of wheat 
bran. 200 lbs. of oilmeal. If the cows eat 
as much as 40 lbs. of silage per day it 
might be advantageous to increase the 
amount of oilmeal to 400 lbs. or to add 
200 lbs. of cottonseed meal. 
Feeding Grade Cows 
I wish a balanced ration. T can buy 
oilmeal, cottonseed meal, cornmeal, hom¬ 
iny. bran, gluten, dry grains. I also feed 
silage and Alfalfa for roughage. They 
are just good grade cows. A. w. ». 
New Jersey. 
Where you have silage and clover hay 
and desire to utilize as much variety as 
you have indicated you will find that the 
following ration has merit: One hundred 
lbs. of oilmeal, 100 lbs. of cottonseed 
meal. 200 lbs. of corn, 400 lbs. of hominy, 
100 lbs. of bran, 300 lbs. of gluten, 100 
lbs. of dry grains. 
If you do not desire to use all of the 
sources of protein suggested you will find 
gluten, nt the present prices, supplying 
the greatest amount of digestible nutrients 
for a unit of investment. 
Feeding Freshening Cows 
Can you give me a good grain formula 
for my cows, freshening this month? I 
have ground oats, cornmeal, gluten feed, 
bran and middlings. I also wish a mix¬ 
ture for horses. F. s. 
New York. 
You do not state whether you have 
silage or the kind of roughage available. 
I am assuming, therefore, that you do 
not have any silage and that you will 
utilize mixed hay for roughage. The mix¬ 
ture is as follows: Cornmeal, 500 lbs.; 
ground oats, 300 lbs.; gluten meal, 000 
lbs.; wheat bran. 200 lbs.; oilmeal, 200 
lbs.; buckwheat middlings. 200 lbs. 
I should feed one pound of this grain 
ration for each 3% or 4 lbs. of milk 
yielded per cow per day. In addition feed 
her all the roughage she will consume. 
If you do not have silage, beet pulp <"• 
mangel beets could be used generously to 
supply the necessary succulence. 
I assume that you desire a ration for 
idle horses or those worked intermittently 
during the Winter. I would use a mix¬ 
ture of five parts of oats, two parts of 
bran and one part of cornmeal. As the 
Spring or working season approaches I 
should sprinkle a little oilmeal over each 
mess as it is placed in the feed box. 
Timothy hay is better suited for feeding 
work horses than mixed or legume hay. 
although where oat-and-pca bay is avail¬ 
able it can be fed generously, and its use 
will result in the reduction of the amount 
of grain required. If you have oat straw 
or corn fodder in abundance this can he 
safely fed to the horses once a da.v. or 
say, three or four times a week. It will 
save some of the hay and give fairly good 
results. 
