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December 4, 1020 
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Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Bull Calves and Cows 
1. Will j 7 ou give directions for feeding 
young Jersey bull calves for market? 
2. Also suggest a good dairy ration for 
Jersey cows with respect to the follow¬ 
ing conditions: I have a limited supply 
of clover. Alfalfa and mangels, and plenty 
of Timothy and dry corn fodder. 1 have 
much young corn and oats, and can easily 
procure at market all other forms of 
ground grains. R. H. w. 
Gasport, N. Y. 
1. The young hull calves that you are 
raising for market should have access to 
clover and Alfalfa hay; I should avoid 
giving them iany mangels, but would 
rather suggest that these be reserved for 
your cows in milk. If you will take equal 
parts of cornmeal or hominy, ground 
oats, wheat bran, and add 10 per cent of 
oilmeal to this combination you will have 
a very satisfactory ration for the bull 
calves. Instances have been reported 
where had results have followed the prac¬ 
tice of feeding mangels to hull calves. 
2. Utilizing the corn and oats as a base 
for your grain ration. I would suggest 
that with each 500 lbs. of the ground 
grains you add 200 lbs. of cottonseed. 
200 lbs. of gluten meal and 100 lbs. of 
wheat bran. Allow the cows to have nil 
of the mixed hay and grain that they will 
clean up with relish, and if you have 
plenty of mangels you could feed them 
as much as 40 lbs. a day with safety. 
Improving Dairy Ration 
Will you give a ration for my cows to 
use with cornstalks and mixed hay? I 
have corn and cob meal with ground oats 
for basis. I can buy wheat bran and 
middlings, oilmeal, cottonseed, gluten, 
hominy, etc. L.. v. 
Ringoes, N. J. 
With an abundance of corn and cob 
meal and ground oats, which will serve as 
a basis for a ration intended for milk 
cows. I would suggest the following com¬ 
bination : 500 lbs. of corn and cob meal, 
300 lbs. ground oats, 300 lbs. cottonseed, 
200 lbs. of gluten, 100 lbs. of oilmeal, 
100 lbs. of bran. I would not utilize any 
of the middlings or hominy, particularly 
if I had corn and oats that had been pro¬ 
duced on the farm. In addition permit 
the cows to have all of the roughage that 
they will consume once or twice daily, 
and make sure that they have access to 
plenty of salt. and. if they relish it. some 
charcoal and bonemeal might he supplied 
in small quantities. 
Turnips and Pumpkins for Succulence 
Some time ago I wrote to you for a ra¬ 
tion for a Jersey cow that had just fresh¬ 
ened. and you suggested the following: 
60 lbs. hominy. 20 lbs. bran. 50 lbs. glu¬ 
ten, 40 lbs. ground oats, 30 lbs. oilmeal. 
What part would turnips and pumpkins 
take in this ration? Would they he suf¬ 
ficient succulence? a. t. 
Schenectady, N. Y. 
The addition of turnips and pump¬ 
kins to the ration suggested would add 
only very slightly to its value. Of course, 
the turnips and pumpkins will supply 
some succulence, but they are not com¬ 
parable with either silage or mangels. 
They should be fed in addition to the 
grain ration, and not as a substitute for 
any of its ingredients. Where the tur¬ 
nips have been properly stored so that 
they will not he damaged by frost, they 
can ho fed rather generously to cows in 
milk. Pumpkins are recognized more as 
an appetizer than as an actual source of 
digestible nutrients, and one must be 
careful in feeding them lest they limit the 
amount of grain and roughage that tilt' 
animals will consume when they have ac¬ 
cess to all the pumpkins that they would 
eat. 
Satisfactory Dairy Ration 
Is my grain ration all right for milk 
cows, 1 lb. to every 4 lbs. of milk? 100 
lbs. ground oats, 200 lbs. gluten feed. 
1 (K) lbs. linseed meal, 50 lbs. cottonseed 
meal, 100 lbs. beet pulp. dry. 50 lbs. bran, 
100 lbs. wheat, middlings, 100 lbs. corn- 
meal, 1 lh. salt to 100 lbs. grain. 5 lbs. 
charcoal, with silage corn, Timothy hay 
and Red-top. If this is not enough dry 
matter or digestible nutrients, tell me 
what there is missing in it. w. n. lr. 
Hudson, Mass. 
The ration you have submitted ought 
to give you excellent results in feeding 
your herd of dairy cows. It is possible 
that you would find buckwheat middlings 
more economical than the wheat mid¬ 
dlings, and since you do not have any 
clover or Alfalfa hay, it might he neces¬ 
sary to increase the amount of cotton¬ 
seed meal to 100 lbs., and likewise that 
you double the amount of cornmeal, par¬ 
ticularly if the cows are not carrying a 
generous amount of flesh. Feed the cows 
all of the sijage and roughage that they 
will consume with relish and regulate the 
amount of grain in accordance with the 
production of milk. 
Dairy Ration 
Can you give me a balanced ration to 
he used for my dairy of 27 grade Holstein 
cows this Winter? Five of these cows 
freshened in August and September. 
Ten were due iu November and 12 in De¬ 
cember. Their average weight is pos¬ 
sibly 1.000 lbs., and they are in good 
flesh. We have no silage this year. We 
have cornstalks, part of which have the 
unhuelced ears and part without. The 
hay is mostly mixed, a good part of whuff 
is clover. The following feeds are avail¬ 
able here: Wheat bran, $54 per ton; 
ground oats. $60; gluten. $52; linseed 
meal (O. I’.), $68; cornmeal. $54; hom¬ 
iny. $54; dried brewery grains (not 
corn). $65; beet pulp. $58. 
Sussex, N. Y. w. w. H. 
For the dry cows I would suggest that 
they be fed a ration consisting of equal 
parts of cornmeal, ground oats, wheat 
bran and gluten meal, together with as 
much roughage as they will clean up with 
relish. The amount of grain to utilize 
would depend upon the condition or the 
amount of flesh that the dry cows are 
carrying. There is an advantage in hav¬ 
ing them freshen in good condition, and 
it. is important that they he fed a liberal 
grain ration during the rest period. At 
the prices quoted, might 1 suggest that 
they are very high, relatively speaking? 
You would find that the following combi¬ 
nation is a useful mixture for feeding the 
cows in milk : 500 lbs. cornmeal or hom¬ 
iny meal, 300 lbs. ground oats, 400 lbs. 
gluten. 200 lbs. cottonseed. 100 lbs. wheat 
bran. If you do not have any silage, I 
would suggest that moistened beet pulp 
be fed twice daily. It ought to be pos¬ 
sible for you to secure linseed meal and 
cottonseed meal cheaper than the prices 
quoted, in which instance they could be 
used as a source of protein for the above 
ration. 
Ill-flavored Milk 
I have a cow, part Jersey, that calved 
in May last and for some time gave 
about 3*4 gals, milk a day, the milk of 
good quality. Now she. gives less than 
two gallons, and the milk has a strong 
and offensive odor and a nauseating taste, 
especially when heated, and when it is 
strained through a cloth stringy and 
curdy masses are left on the cloth. The 
cow is fed on dairy food, hay and beet 
pulp, and the little grazing she can get 
in a small lot. Is the milk fit for use? 
Portsmouth, Va. H. G. M; 
Tt is possible that your Jersey cow was 
not allowed the regulation rest period of 
six or eight weeks before calving. Per¬ 
sistent milkers very frequently continue 
their production close to the calving 
period and oftentimes the very conditions 
that you have identified appear later dur¬ 
ing the next lactation period. I would 
suggest that the grain ration he reduced 
somewhat for a few days and that the 
cow be given a purge consisting of a 
pound of Epsom salts mixed with a 
pound of blackstrap molasses. Follow 
this with bran mashes for a collide of 
days, and then gradually bring the cow 
back to a normal consumption of grain, 
utilizing equal parts of wheat bran, 
ground oats, cornmeal and oilmeal. Un¬ 
less there is au inflamed condition of the 
udder that would be responsible for a 
gargety condition, normal situation ought 
to follow the suggested procedure. It 
might he necessary that the cow he dried 
off and given a rather long rest period 
if she does not respond to this treatment. 
Ration with Silage 
Would you give me a ration for milk 
cows? I have silage and corn fodder, and 
can get cottonseed meal, oilmeal, bran 
and different kinds of dairy feed. 
Shippeusburg, Pa. A. G. w. 
I take it that you do not have any 
home-grown concentrates, and that you 
are relying chiefly upon your silage and 
corn fodfler aS a base of a ration intended 
for your dairy cows. Usually the dairy 
farmer finds it economical to produce on 
bis own farm the bulk of the carbo¬ 
hydrate. in which instance it is only 
necessary for him to go into the open 
market and buy supplementary protein 
feeds to balance tin* ration. Usually a 
ration carrying approximately 24 per cent 
of digestible nutrients is well suited for 
feeding milk cows, particularly where 
silage and the roughage you identify is 
available. A ration consisting of 500 
lbs. cornmeal or hominy meal. 300 lbs. 
ground oats. 3,00 lbs. cottonseed, 200 lbs. 
gluten, 100 lbs. bran would approach this 
standard. If it is more convenient for 
you to purchase a ready-mixed dairy feed 
containing the desired amount of protein, 
you might find it advantageous. Make 
sure, however, that the combination sup¬ 
plies you a unit of digestible nutrients 
at the lowest possible post. 
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