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November 19, 1921 
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Bags—$1.00, $2.00, $3.75 and $7.00 
Pails—$1.50 and $2.70 
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All Barker products sold with a moneu- 
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Burns cobs, straw, wood or * 
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O. G. RUTLEDGE, 301 E. Genesee Si., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Canadian Government Agent. 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Supplementing Silage 
About a year ago you advised me about 
the purchase of 10 cows to milk all of 
last Winter. I did so well that I bought 
20 more. My milkman (the private re¬ 
ceiver of my milk) has caller! for more 
milk all Summer, and especially the last 
six weeks. This has necessitated the 
feeding of silage, both out of the field and 
out of the silo to such an extent that I 
fear it will not last all Winter. I filled two 
silos of about 125 tons this Fall, but 30 
head are making a big hole in it. I 
bought a carload of Alfalfa, but this will 
not arrive until late November. Wbat 
can I feed to take place of silage (■when 
it is all fed up) to keep up my flow, in 
connection with my present grain ration 
of Alfalfa meal, hominy, gluten, oilmeal, 
cottonseed meal, cornmeal, molasses? 
New Jersey. ' a. e. d. 
If it is your observation that you will 
not have enough silage to carry your cows 
through the Winter, then I would sug¬ 
gest that forthwith you reduce their daily 
allowance of silage and that you use some 
moistened beet pulp to supplement the 
succulence. It might be possible to pro¬ 
vide one generous feeding of silage once a 
day and use .the moistened beet pulp for 
the other feeding. It is my experience 
that a combination of silage and beet 
pulp under these conditions will produce 
better results than would obtain in case 
you utilized all of the silage previous to 
incorporating moistened beet pulp in 
your daily ration. There is something 
about beet pulp that apparently increases 
the palatability as well as the digestibility 
of its companion products. On account 
of its relatively high percentage of cal¬ 
cium carbonate it seems to correct min¬ 
eral deficiencies often attending assembled 
mixtures. 
I notice that you have included some 
molasses in the ration you are now using. 
No doubt you are aware that both hominy 
and cornmeal provide a more economical 
source of energy at the existing prices 
than does molasses, and it is not safe to 
assume that the molasses will replace 
succulence. Under average conditions 
one can scarcely afford to purchase 
Alfalfa meal, although under existing 
high freight rates it has been pointed out 
in certain instances that it is cheaper to 
buy Alfalfa meal than it is to obtain 
Alfalfa hay. This is due to the fact that 
more tons of Alfalfa meal can be shipped 
in a single car than prevails with baled 
hay. 
I am assuming that you are using the 
same grain mixture that was suggested 
a year ago, although it is possible that a 
readjustment in prices might justify you 
in modifying the formula. However, the 
feeds that you have identified are espe¬ 
cially well suited for use in feeding your 
herd under the conditions named. 
tractive to the birds. The succulence that 
would result from the mere sprouting of 
barley intended for use in feeding dairy 
cows would be of little or no consequence. 
There would be a vast difference between 
wet brewery grains and barley sprouted 
in this manner. 
I note that you have silage, which in 
itself will provide a sufficient amount of 
succulence. The corn stover would pro¬ 
vide a suitable roughage. The addition 
of bran would increase both the palat¬ 
ability and the efficiency of your grain 
ration, which lacks bulk and variety. I 
should prefer a ration consisting of 500 
lbs. of hominy, 400 lbs. of ground oats, 
300 lbs. of oilmeal, 300 lbs. of bran, 300 
lbs. of gluten, 200 lbs. of cottonseed meal, 
with two per cent of salt added. You 
could replace some of the hominy or 
gtound oats with ground barley if vou 
have this product on hand. I am con¬ 
vinced that the ground barley would be 
far more desirable than the sprouted 
barley. 
Feeding Grade Holsteins 
Will you furnish me with a balanced 
ration for my herd of 10 grade Holsteins? 
I can obtain the following grains: Corn 
and cob meal, ground oats, standard mid¬ 
dlings, standard bran, gluten feed, lin¬ 
seed oilmeal, cottonseed meal. This is 
to be fed in connection with Alfalfa bay 
and cut cornstalks for roughage, j. l. y. 
New Jersey. 
Feeding Sprouted Barley 
On page 1240 you say that wet brewery 
grains are of great value in production o‘f 
milk when they are properly supplemented 
with corn or hominy. Would it pay to 
take barley, soak it and allow it to sprout 
in a manner similar to the way poultry- 
men sprout oats, and then feed the 
sprouted barley to the cows? Would 
that be the same as wet brewery grains? 
I am feeding silage, corn stover and for 
grain a mixture of 700 lbs. gluten, 300 
lbs. oilmeal, 500 lbs. hominy and 500 lbs. 
ground oats. If barley sprouted in the 
above manner is equivalent to brewery 
grains, do you think it would pay to in¬ 
clude thorn in my feeding ration? 
New York. c. w. e. 
The reason why wet brewery grains 
are useful as an ingredient for a grain 
ration intended for dairy cows is because 
the proportion of protein to starch has 
been modified. The protein has been in¬ 
creased and the starch content substan¬ 
tially reduced. The mere sprouting of 
barley would not result in this same re¬ 
arrangement of constituents. In fact, a 
number of experiments have been con¬ 
ducted to determine the comparative value 
of sprouted and unsprouted materials, 
and the conclusions are unanimous that 
the sprouting does not add or alter 
materially the total feeding value of a 
product like barley or oats. 
The reason why oats are usually 
sprouted for use in poultry feeding dur¬ 
ing Winter is because they provide a 
succulent feed that is palatable and at- 
I am inclined to believe that it is un¬ 
necessary to include both bran and mid¬ 
dlings in your ration for dairy cows, al¬ 
though it is true that middlings are be¬ 
lieved to induce more chewing of the cud 
by the cow during her process of regurgi¬ 
tation. They are relatively expensive 
when one considers that under existing 
conditions middlings are likely to contain 
a considerable amount of screenings. As¬ 
suming that it is your desire to utilize 
some of all of the products you have men¬ 
tioned, I suggest the following combina¬ 
tion : 250 lbs. of corn and cob meal, 100 
lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. standard mid¬ 
dlings, 200 lbs. bran, 150 lbs. gluten, 100 
lbs. linseed meal, 100 lbs. cottonseed meal. 
With Alfalfa and cornstalks for rough- 
age your cows ought to produce a reason¬ 
able amount of milk from these materials. 
The addition of beet pulp, even if fed only 
once per day, would have its advantages 
since you have no silage or mangel beets. 
The beet pulp should be moistened for 10 
or 12 hours previous to feeding; 1 lb. of 
the dry beet pulp will require from 3 to 5 
lbs. of water for saturation. Feed ap¬ 
proximately 1 lb. of this grain mixture for 
each 314 or 4 lbs. of milk produced per 
day. If the cows are thin in flesh, in¬ 
crease the amount of corn or hominy 
meal. 
Ration with Yeast Grains 
I desire a ration for my dairy herd, 
using dried yeast grains, 24" per ce"nt pro¬ 
tein, corn and cob meal, bran, etc. My 
roughage will consists of corn fodder anil 
mixed hay, about 75 per cent Timothy 
and 20 per cent clover, j. j>. r. 
Maryland. 
Available yeast or vinegar grains will 
scarcely yield as much as 24 per cent pro¬ 
tein. They are relatively high in fiber, 
more or less unpalatable, and it is a mis¬ 
take to assume that they will replace the 
straight brewery or old-fashioned corn 
distillery grains in a mixture intended 
for cows. However, if they can be pur¬ 
chased at a reasonable figure they can be 
used to a limited extent in your mixture. 
The following combination where your 
roughage consists of corn fodder and 
mixed hay is recommended: 250 lbs. of 
yeast grains, 300 lbs. corn and cob meal; 
100 lbs. bran, 150 lbs. gluten, 200 lbs. 
cottonseed meal. 
If you can secure shelled corn instead 
of ear corn it would be well to replace 
the corncobs with wheat bran, for with 
dry yeast grains constituting 25 per cent 
of the mixture you would be providing 
all of the bulk or roughage that will be 
necessary. While this mixture would not 
be particularly palatable it ought to en¬ 
able your cows to produce an average 
yield of milk. 
