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November 12, 1921 
Keeping Your Horse 
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The greatest fault in most dairy rations, accord¬ 
ing to authorities, is lack of bulk. Bulky feeds 
mixed with concentrates promote digestion. 
They also distend the stomach and intestinal tract 
and aid in keeping bowels open. 
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A part of your dairy ration 
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Which Side of the Barn 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Ration with Buckwheat end Corn 
I have been feeding a ration for a few 
years consisting of 300 lbs. bran, 200 lbs. 
gluten, 200 lbs. cottonseed and 100 lbs. 
oilmeal, on which the cows have done 
well. This year I have about 200 bu. of 
buckwheat and 100 bu. of corn. The corn 
I would like to have ground with the cob, 
and wish a balanced ration with some of 
the feeds mentioned above; also a ration 
where just the corn and not the cob is fed 
with the buckwheat. The roughage is 
mixed hay and cornstalks. w. h. 
New York. 
Unless you have been feeding an abun¬ 
dance of silage and have been utilizing 
mixed or Timothy hay, it is my opinion 
that the ration that you have been feeding 
is very narrow and consequently rela¬ 
tively expensive. While bran is a bulky 
feed and contributes a limited amount of 
energy making material, the amount of 
gluten, cottonseed meal and oilmeal that 
you have combined with the bran would 
result in a ration recognized as very nar¬ 
row. Of course if you have been feeding 
silage and Timothy hay, this ration might 
serve. Since you have the ground buck¬ 
wheat and the corn and cob meal, I would 
suggest that you add 300 lbs. of the 
ground buckwheat and 200 lbs. of corn 
and cob meal to the ration that you are 
now using. Even with these additions 
the ration would be relatively narrow and 
the results obtained would depend upon 
the variety of succulence and roughage 
that is available. 
Concerning the comparative value of 
cornmeal and corn and cob meal, I never 
could sanction the use of ground corn¬ 
cobs in any ration intended for live stock. 
While it has been pointed out at a num¬ 
ber of stations that under certain condi¬ 
tions a pound of corn and cob meal was 
equal in feeding value to a pound of corn- 
meal, nevertheless I hold that had the 
corncobs been replaced by wheat bran or 
some other product that would contribute 
bulk and at the same time some digestible 
nutrients, the results would more than 
compensate for the added cost. There is 
an honest difference of opinion as to 
whether it pays to shell corn and then 
grind the shelled corn when, under cer¬ 
tain conditions, it is a simple operation to 
grind the corn and cobs into meal. Cer¬ 
tainly there is no feeding value in corn¬ 
cobs. and I do not know any conditions 
that would justify a dairyman in using 
coarse fibrous products of this character. 
A pound of the ration suggested would 
cost you considerably less than a pound 
of the concentrates that you have been 
using, and I am sure that a pound of this 
new combination would give you quite as 
satisfactory results. Buckwheat makes 
splendid feed for dairy cows when pro¬ 
perly supplemented with the products 
identified. 
Various Dairy Rations 
1. Would you tell me what is the best 
feed for calves? 2. What for cows when 
dry? 3. Which is the most profitable 
breed of cows for a person who intends 
to sell his milk to a large milk company? 
T have been advised that Durham cows 
are better suited than Holsteins. Is this 
true? J. B. 
New York. 
1. I am assuming that you desire a 
grain ration for use in feeding young 
calves that are still being fed skim-milk. 
If it is intended for use with very young 
calves I would refer you to some one of 
the standard calf meals used in our dairy 
districts. The Indiana station a few 
years ago reported good results from the 
use of a calf feed consisting of equal parts 
of hominy meal, red dog flour, oilmeal and 
blood meal. If the calves are past the 
milk stage I should replace'the blood 
meal with wheat bran and add an equal 
portion of finely ground oats. 
2. In feeding dry cows it is fundamen¬ 
tal that they be provided with a ration 
that will enable them to gain in weight, 
vigor, strength and flesh. A combination 
of equal parts of corn or hominy meal, 
ground oats, wheat bran and oilmeal con¬ 
stitutes a useful combination, and it 
should be fed generously to cows during 
their rest period. Supplement this grain 
ration with Alfalfa and clover hay. and 
make sure that the cows are liberally fed 
both with concentrates and roughage. Re¬ 
duce the amount and increase the bulk of 
the ration as calving approaches, and in 
so doing you decrease the liability of the 
cow’s having milk fever during this crit¬ 
ical stage. Cows that freshen in high 
condition are able to deliver their calves 
with greater ease and usually yield an in¬ 
creased amount of milk during the lacta¬ 
tion period which follows. 
3. Here you have asked a question that 
cannot be definitely or satisfactorily 
answered. It is safe to say that the 
bulk of our market milk is produced by 
Holsteins. The Guernseys produce milk 
higher in quality and higher in butterfat 
than do the Holsteins, while the butterfat 
content of milk produced by the Jersey is 
slightly greater than that produced by the 
Guernsey. However, neither the Guern¬ 
sey or Jersey breed of cattle will produce 
as much milk as the Holstein or the Ayr¬ 
shire. Milk from the latter breed of cat¬ 
tle will test about 4 per cent. The Hol¬ 
stein cow is clearly the most popular type 
of dairy animal, especially among farmers 
who keep grade herds and produce milk 
for general distribution. In almost every 
community, however, one finds select 
herds of Jerseys or Guernseys that sup¬ 
ply quality milk to a special trade. Un¬ 
less you have a special market for your 
market milk and can obtain more for 
milk testing 5 per cent butterfat than for 
a product testing 3 y 2 per cent, it would 
seem wise to suggest that you continue 
with your Holsteins. 
So far as the Durham cow is concerned, 
this breed now largely identified as the 
milking Shorthorn is a so-called dual pur¬ 
pose individual which will not produce 
milk as economically as any one of the 
dairy breeds. However, she has the fac¬ 
ulty of putting on flesh very rapidly dur¬ 
ing the period when she is dry; also her 
calves have a greater market value. The 
milking Shorthorn is rapidly gaining in 
popularity in this country, especially in 
sections where the farmers are eager to 
adopt the European system of agricul¬ 
ture, which means that they aim to pro¬ 
duce both meat and milk on their own 
premises. If it is your purpose to engage 
extensively in dairying I feel sure that 
you should cling to the Holsteins. If 
you care to undertake certain breeding 
operations and feel that you can dispose 
of your purebred animals, then the milk¬ 
ing Shorthorn, or Durham, would have its 
place. 
Fattening Bull 
I have a Guernsey-Hclstein bull 20 
months old which I desire to fatten for 
home consumption this Winter. Is now 
in good condition through general feeding, 
but is not fat enough for beef. Foiiowing 
is the roughage and grain which I have on 
hand : Good stock hay, cured rye in the 
milk. Sudan grass hay, corn fodder, but 
no silage. In grain I ha\e bran, wheat, 
ground corn and oats, oilmeal, gluten 
meal, whole corn, cracked corn, cornmeal, 
brown middlings and flour middlings. I 
have looked over a batch of R. N.-Y for a 
ration, but could not find any. m. j. m. 
New’ York. 
I should recommend a very simple ra¬ 
tion, consisting of seven parts of corn or 
hominy meal, two parts of ground oats 
and one part of cottonseed meal. It will 
require three or four weeks to get this 
bull on full feed, after which he should be 
fed all that he would clean up with relish 
of this mixture twice daily. Usually one 
is justified in feeding 2 lbs. of cottonseed 
daily for each 1,000 lbs. live weight of the 
animal, and where this condition is com¬ 
plied with it is possible to allow the ani¬ 
mal to have all of the corn and oats in the 
combination suggested that he will clean 
up with relish. 
Fattening animals on full feed eat a 
surprisingly small amount of roughage; 
especially is this true where they have 
access to silage. Mixed hay supplemented 
with corn fodder for the sake of variety 
should be fed in this instance, and the 
bull ought to have all of the Boughage of 
this character that he would consume dur¬ 
ing the middle of the day. You can stare 
in with an average run of 4 or 5 lbs. of 
grain per day, increasing this gradually 
during the three weeks until at the end 
of this period the bull would be eating 
about 20 lbs. of grain per day. He ought 
to gain in weight rapidly and put on flesh 
that would be attractive. You are aware, 
no doubt, that flesh that is put on rapidly 
is of better quality than that, resulting 
from long-continued feeding with a re¬ 
stricted ration. 
Keep the sleeping quarters well bedded 
so that the bull can rest in comfort, for 
many feeders hold that fattening animals 
put on most weight when they are per¬ 
fectly contented and have suitable quar¬ 
ters for resting. There might, be an ad¬ 
vantage in interchanging the cornmeal 
with either cracked corn or shelled corn, 
principally for variety, although unless 
the pigs can work over the voidings there 
is considerable waste in feeding shelled 
corn to fattening animals. 
Improving Ration 
Can I improve the following ration for 
Jersey-Guernsey cows to he fed with 
mixed hay and corn fodder: 100 lbs. corn- 
meal. 100 lbs. gluten. 100 lbs. ground oats, 
100 libs, cottonseed meal. 50 l'bs. bran. 50 
lbs. oilmeal. 5 lbs. salt? n. c. n. 
New York. 
I should double the amount of cornmeal 
in the suggested ration, decrease the 
amount of cottonseed by one-half, and use 
15 per cent of oilmeal in the combination. 
I nless you have silage it would be to your 
advantage to provide some moistened beet 
Pulp, which would increase the palatabil- 
ity of the mixture and enable you to feed 
an increased amount of grain per cow per 
day. 
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you tell me about the joints?” New Stu¬ 
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sir. I’m a stranger in this town.”—Sci¬ 
ence and Invention. 
