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Feeding for Milk 
Would you tell me what kind of feed 
is good for milking cows? Are brewery 
grains good? Which cows are good for 
a dairyman? I am a milk dealer, a 
farmer who sells nothing but milk. My 
cows fell down on production this Sum¬ 
mer. g. R. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is almost impossible to obtain brew¬ 
ery grains at the present time. The 
products that are offered in the form of 
brewery grains are either yeast or vine¬ 
gar grains, and these products are ill 
suited for feeding dairy cows. They vary 
a great deal in their composition, and in 
addition to being unpalatable they are 
high in fiber and low in digestibility. If 
by chance you are so situated that you 
can obtain regular standard wet brewery 
grains you are indeed fortunate, for these 
grains are very well adapted for milk 
production. When they are properly sup¬ 
plemented with corn or hominy meal they 
provide a base that enables dairymen to 
produce milk at a substantial profit. 
Not knowing more of the conditions 
under which you operate it is believed 
that Holstein grade cows would best 
serve your purpose. Unless you are so 
situated that you can obtain a premium 
for Guernsey or Jersey milk there is lit¬ 
tle to be gained by supplying your custo¬ 
mers a quality of milk carrying more 
than 3*4 or 4 per cent butterfat. The av¬ 
erage Holstein cow will produce milk 
testing 3.5 per cent, and naturally the 
bulk of the market milk is obtained from 
this source. 
Since your cows disappointed vou last 
year in their flow of milk it is probable 
that they were improperly fed, and that 
the mixture that you were using was im¬ 
properly compounded. 
Another Dairy Mixture 
I have been advised 'by an experienced 
dairyman who has tried all kinds of 
mixed feeds that two bushels of ground 
corn ears to one bushel of ground oats 
and a little oilmeal to regulate the cows 
is the best milk-producing feed that can 
ko, had. I would like to have your 
opinion on same. b e b 
Plainfield, N. J. 
The combination of corn, oats and oil- 
meal that has been suggested to you 
would, no doubt, give very satisfactory 
results with your producing cows; but 
the combination lacks variety and is 
faulty in that it does not provide a suffi¬ 
cient amount of protein. Corn and oats 
are both carbohydrate or energy-produe- 
ing feeds, and it takes a generous amount 
of protein to produce milk abundantly. 
A little oilmeal would not serve the pur¬ 
pose, but it would be possible to rely 
largely upon oilmeal to supply the neces¬ 
sary amount of blood and muscle-making 
tissue. However, when this is done the 
ration is very apt to be unduly laxative, 
and this is why feeders usually add cot¬ 
tonseed meal and gluten meal to a base 
consisting of corn and oats in order that 
they may provide more variety and still 
obtain a ration that would be* nutritious 
and palatable. One thing is self-evident; 
At the present low cost of corn and oats 
one cannot afford to pay very much for 
by-products that carry a high percentage 
of fiber and are relatively low in their 
digestibility. The addition of wheat bran 
and gluten feed to the three products you 
have identified would improve the com¬ 
bination and I am sure would give better 
results. Beef steers could be fattened on 
the combination you mention; but it goes 
without saying that beef steers should 
not be fed the same ration as dairy cows. 
Feeding and Watering Dairy Cows 
I have a heifer with a month old calf, 
and also another cow nine years old. The 
pasture is very poor and I feed them with 
some mixed dairy feed. The cow gives 
from eight to nine quarts of milk every 
day, the heifer about five quarts, the calf 
sucking the remainder. How much dairy 
feed must I give every day to feed them 
right? What do you think of giving a 
bucketful of water during the day, with 
one quart of middlings? L. s. 
Millville, N. J. 
Usually it is possible to calculate the 
amount of grain to feed a cow daily by 
weighing or measuring the amount of milk 
she yields, and feeding approximately 1 lb. 
of grain daily for each 3*4 lbs. of milk, 
produced per day. This would mean that 
a cow yielding 30 lbs. of milk at two 
milkings should be fed 5 lbs. of grain in 
the morning and 5 lbs. of grain at night. 
In addition she should be provided with 
some succulence, and given all of the 
roughage that she will consume with rel¬ 
ish. 
Concerning the question of watering 
cows in milk, it makes very little differ¬ 
ence when the water is provided ; but it 
is important that they should have access 
at least twice daily to all the water that 
they care to drink. The addition of a 
small amount of middlings to a bucketful 
of water would be no advantage; in fact, 
it would be better if the grain were fed by 
itself, and the cows given their water in 
a clear and wholesome form. The cows 
should be fed quite as much during their 
dry period as during the time they are 
milking. 
Linseed Meal; Germination of Grass Seed 
1. Would a larger proportion of lin¬ 
seed meal in feed for calves or dry cows 
than is usually recommended do any 
harm? T\ hat is the best grain mixture 
for a two-year-old heifer that is coming 
in, with pasture grass and plenty of San¬ 
ford fodder corn? How much linseed 
meal can be allowed for an average dry 
cow? 2. If there is plenty of rain this 
Fall will Red-top and clover seed grow 
without harrowing where drought killed 
it in the Spring? J.p.s. 
Orfordville, N. II. 
1. It is not clear whether you desire to 
use flaxseed gruel in combination with 
skim-milk for your young calves, or 
whether you seek information as to the 
proper amount of linseed oilmeal to com¬ 
bine in a grain ration intended for grow¬ 
ing calves. If the calves are past the 
milk stage and you desire a grain ration 
containing oilmeal for use in developing 
them a mixture consisting of five parts 
of ground oats, three part of wheat bran, 
two parts of cornmeal and two parts of 
oilmeal with one per cent of salt added 
would be satisfactory. 
A suitable ration for dry cows that 
you desire to condition and put in high 
flesh previous to calving time would con¬ 
sist of 30 lbs. cornmeal. 30 lbs. wheat 
bran, 20 lbs. ground oats, 20 lbs. oilmeal. 
I should feed from 7 to 12 lbs. of this 
mixture per day to a cow weighing 1,000 
lbs., and more if she were in thin flesh 
and one of the large-framed kind that has 
a good body, a large bread basket and a 
suitable place for putting on a lot of 
flesh. The energy that she stores up dur¬ 
ing this dry period will serve her well 
when she freshens, and she will more 
than pay for the extra feed with the in¬ 
creased flow of milk. 
The same ration that I have suggested 
for the dry cows could be used for the 
two-year-old heifer. It is possible to feed 
a ration carrying as much as 25 per cent 
of linseed- meal, for in a ration for dry 
cows expert feeders are firm in their be¬ 
lief that extensive use of oilmeal tends to 
put on flesh that melts easily, and as a 
result of this condition a high percentage 
of butterfat necessarily appears during 
the initial lactation period. It is claimed 
that the fat produced from the use of 
flaxseed or oilmeal is very similar to but¬ 
terfat. and that there is a distinct ad¬ 
vantage in feeding this product on a 
seven or 30-day test. You understand, of 
course, that this heavy feeding of lin¬ 
seed meal is fed previous to calving, and 
that it is continued, although in less 
quantity, during the milking period. 
2. Your question as to whether grass 
seed distributed in the Spring that failed 
to germinate during the dry weather will 
come on later in the season is not an easy 
one to answer. If the seed germinated 
and then was killed off owing to the dry 
weather it cannot be revived; but fre¬ 
quently clover seed, owing to its hard 
shell or covering, does not germinate 
promptly unless there is an abundance of 
moisture present in the soil. You are 
right in assuming that rains will help 
conditions, but the chances are rather 
against your obtaining a satisfactory 
stand of grass under these conditions.- 
Treatment for a “Weaver” 
I have a four-year-old colt which is a 
“weaver.” Can anything be done for 
her? What is the cause and the final re¬ 
sult? She spent her first two years in 
pasture during Summer, and .since has 
had a box stall and training with very 
light driving. She is in good order and 
weighs 1,100 lbs., normal weight, con¬ 
sidering parentage. I think a great deal 
of her and have tried to have her environ¬ 
ment ideal in every respect. f. l. 
Utica, N. Y. 
There is nothing that I know of that 
can be done to cure a horse of the vicious 
habit of weaving. It is a nervous dis¬ 
ease. and naturally is modified more or 
less by complete or incomplete nutrition. 
From time to time a number of proced¬ 
ures are suggested, but other than the 
question of making the horse comfortable 
in her stall and providing regular exer¬ 
cise and complete nutrition there is noth¬ 
ing that I know of that can be done. It 
is a habit that a horse sometimes out¬ 
growsbut frequently it lingers and be¬ 
comes intensified until the horse evidences 
nervous disturbances of a more serious 
nature. 
Redd : “He’s what I call a brave 
man.” Greene: “What do you mean by 
a brave man?” “He’s not afraid to die/” 
“How do you know he’s not afraid to 
die?” “ ’Cause he lets his wife drive his 
car when he’s in it.”—Yonkers States¬ 
man. 
