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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 12, 1921 
/ spent SO 
years in perfect¬ 
ing this Tonic. 
Gilbert Hess. 
JU.D., D.V.S. 
_ Make Youv 
MILKERS PAY 
Every cow in your herd can be made to pro¬ 
duce up to her full capacity 
—if you look well to her ration, her health, 
her appetite and her digestion. 
Balance the ration. Feed bran, oats and 
corn, or their equivalent, cottonseed or linseed 
meal, clover hay, alfalfa, silage—pasture in 
season. 
Remember, the better the appetite the 
greater the food consumption, the greater the 
milk production. 
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Silage Without Ears 
Will you tell how best to use my feed 
for larger flow of milk? I have silage 
(not many ears), nice cornstalks and 
clover hay ; corn and oats to grind, and 
buckwheat middlings. What other feed 
should I get and how mix them? 
New York. c. J. R. 
Even though your silage does not trace 
to corn that was well eared out before 
it was harvested and put into the silo it 
will serve as a good means for providing 
succulence to your dairy herd. Let them 
have all of the silage that they will con¬ 
sume morning and night. The fact that 
at a number of experiment stations during 
the past years satisfactory results have 
been had from ensiling cornstalks after 
the ears have been removed emphasizes 
the fact that the only important function 
that silage performs is in supplying suc¬ 
culence, rather than that it contributes 
carbohydrates. 
You are fortunate also in having buck¬ 
wheat middlings. Actually this is one 
of the best feeds available for dairy cows 
when) it is properly combined with other 
ingredients. Few dairymen realize that 
buckwheat middlings hold more protein 
and carbohydrates in combination than 
any other ingredients. Mix your ration 
for cows in milk as follows : Ground corn 
and oats, equal parts, 500 lbs.; buckwheat 
middlings, 200 lbs; linseed meal, 200 lbs.; 
gluten meal, 100 lbs. 
It is an interesting fact that linseed 
meal is several dollars cheaper in eastern 
territory at the present time than it is 
in western territory; hence it is more de¬ 
sirable to purchase linseed meal on your 
own market than it is cottonseed meal, for 
it will supply a unit of protein today at 
less cost than cottonseed meal. 
I should use gluten meal rather than 
gluten feed, because the oats and Alfalfa 
hay provide'the ash that otherwise would 
have to he secured from bran and gluten 
feed. 
Feeding Buckwheat and Alfalfa 
I have six cows and have Alfalfa hay 
and cornstalks to feed. I have corn, 
buckwheat and oats. What would I have 
to buy to make a good ration for them, 
and how much of each would I grind? 
New Jersey. m. b. 
If you have buckwheat and oats the 
only thing you need to buy to bring these 
ingredients into balance is linseed meal 
and gluten feed. However, I should not 
recommend the use of ground buckwheat 
in a ration; rather I propose that you 
exchange the buckwheat for buckwheat 
middlings, for they are much higher in 
feeding value than the ground buckwheat 
itself. Then a mixture consisting of 200 
lbs. oats, 300 lbs. cornmeal, 200 lbs. 
buckwheat middlings, 200 lbs. linseed 
meal, 100 lbs. gluten feed would give 
you a desirable ration. If the cows have 
been giving more than 40 lbs. of milk a 
day, reduce the oats to 100 lbs. and in¬ 
crease the gluten to 200 lbs. Feed one 
lb. of this mixture for each 3 / lbs. of 
milk produced per cow per day, and 
make sure that the cows are given all 
the Alfalfa hay and cornstalks that they 
will consume. Since you do not have 
silage it would be well to feed Alfalfa 
twice a day and plenty of cornstalks 
during the middle of the day. The refuse 
cornstalks will make excellent bedding. 
Ration with Silage 
I would like rule for a good balanced 
ration for Holstein dairy ; one that will 
produce milk. I have on hand peas, oats, 
barley and buckwheat, Timothy and 
clover hay and silage. H. a. v. 
With peas and oats, barley and buck¬ 
wheat, you have a basis for a good ration 
for dairy cows. Especially is this true 
since you have clover hay and silage for 
roughage and succulence. It will mean 
that you will not have to buy very much 
feed; in fact, you could use linseed meal 
alone to supplement these products and 
provide a very satisfactory ration. How¬ 
ever, if you could use some gluten feed 
in conjunction with linseed meal the ra¬ 
tion will be more palatable and more de* 
sirable. It is proposed that the mixture 
be compounded as follows; Reas and 
oats, 200 lbs.; ground barley, 300 lbs.; 
buckwheat, 200 lbs.; linseed meal, 100 
lbs.; gluten feed, 100 lbs. If yon add 
some bran or beet pulp to this mixture it 
would increase its bulk and proportion¬ 
ately increase its value. However, the 
combination will yield about 22 per cent 
of protein, which, with Holstein cows, 
where you have clover hay and silage, is 
quite enough. 
Ration for Milk Cows 
Would you give a good balanced ra¬ 
tion for my milk cows that were fresh 
this Fall? I would like it made up of 
my own grain as much as possible. I 
have oats and barley. I can buy gluten, 
bran and oilmeal at my home market. 
As roughage I have bean fodder, corn 
fodder and clover hay. I am shipping 
my cream so I would like all the cream 
I can get from the cows. M. j. M. 
Assuming that your mixed grain con¬ 
sists of equal parts of oats and barley 
it is recommended that you combine the 
following ingredients for your dairy herd 
of milch cows: Ground oats and barley, 
400 lbs.; hominy, 200 lbs.; oilmeal, 200 
lbs.; gluten feed, 200 lbs., provided the 
ingredients are of standard analysis this 
will furnish a mixture carrying approxi¬ 
mately 20 per cent of protein. The ad¬ 
dition of 100 lbs. cf bran would increase 
the palatability, and if the cows are 
yielding more than 40 lbs. a day there 
would be an advantage in adding 100 
lbs. of linseed meal to this combination. 
A ration carrying a moderate amount of 
protein, provided it is supplemented with 
silage and good roughage, will give good 
results. 
All of the roughages that you suggest, 
however, except clover hay, are relatively 
high in fiber and not especially palatable. 
Hence it is believed that the feeding of 
a ration carrying a higher percentage of 
protein would be advantageous. The best 
results could be determined by trying 
out the ration as originally constituted, 
and the proposed combination carrying 
an added amount of linseed meal. Per¬ 
mit the cows to have all of the roughage 
that they will consume. Make sure that 
they have salt and, if desirable, you may 
add V/j per cent of salt to the grain ra¬ 
tion. 
Feeding Old Horse 
Would you inform me what treatment 
or feed I should give to an old horse which 
has worms? c. w. 
Connecticut. 
The first step to take toward condi¬ 
tioning the aged horse that you have re¬ 
cently purchased is to take him to the 
veterinarian and have his teeth floated. 
The chances are that it is impossible for 
him to masticate his feed. Thus indiges¬ 
tion occurs and there is a wastage of 
energy. If you have been feeding this 
horse whole grain rather than ground 
grain yon have added to your problem 
For animals of this age a mixture consist¬ 
ing of five parts of oats, two parts of corn, 
two parts of bran, and one part of lin¬ 
seed meal provides a useful mixture. A 
horse weighing a thousand pounds should 
have from 10 to 14 lbs. of this mixture 
ped day. The latter amount should be sup¬ 
plied when the horse is doing regular and 
hard work. In addition, he should have 
about one pound of hay per day for each 
100 lbs. of live weight ; in other words, 
10 lbs. of hay per day. The bulk of the 
hay should be fed at the noon meal. 
Teamsters make it a practice to feed 
half the grain in the middle of the day, 
and divide the other half into two equal 
feedings, morning and night. 
Concerning the elimination of worms, 
reduce the grain ration by one-half and 
feed mixed with the grain twice daily 
a heaping tablespoonful of equal parts 
of powdered gentian and . ferreous sul¬ 
phate. Continue the use of this for five 
days after which a purge or a wet bran 
mash should be given as a purge. If this 
first treatment does not eliminate the 
parasites then x*epeat the dosage in five 
days. Ordinarily this treatment will suf¬ 
fice. If it fails then your veterinarian 
should be invited to give you a vermifuge 
more drastic, 
