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in your territory linseed meal today is a 
cheaper source of protein than cottonseed 
meal, and we all know that the grade of 
protein that it supplies is of the highest 
order. If this much linseed meal has a 
tendency to cause undue laxativeness of 
the bowels, and since a generous amount 
of bran is incorporated, this is possible, 
especially if a second or third cutting of 
hay provides the roughage; then prompt¬ 
ly replace a portion of the linseed meal 
with cottonseed meal. Make sure that 
the cows consume a generous amount of 
roughage, and if they continue thin In 
flesh, provide some beet pulp or replace 
some of the hominy with cornmeal. 
Bringing Up Production 
We are milking six Ilolsteins that, as 
near as I can find out, have been milking 
most of the Summer, none coming fresh 
for some time. They are giving only six 
to 14 lbs. at a milking. We have for 
feed silage that looks like chopped dry 
stover (I am told that it was cut and let 
lay in the field two weeks before being 
put in silo), a poor grade of mixed hay, 
some cow beets and carrots, and am 
using a ready mixed feed containing pro¬ 
tein, 20 per cent; fat, 5 per cent; fiber, 
9.50 per cent. I will try to get a little 
Alfalfa or good clover. Will it be pos¬ 
sible for me to get these cows up on the 
flow at an expense that would not be out 
of proportion with the value of the milk? 
New York. T. D. c. 
With poor silage and an inferior grade 
of roughage it is scarcely possible to ex¬ 
pect dairy cows to produce a satisfactory 
amount of milk on a 20 per cent protein 
feed. If the silage presents the appear¬ 
ance of shredded fodder you may assume 
that it is about equal in value to this 
grade of roughage. If you have a quan¬ 
tity of the 20 per cent feed on hand I 
should combine the following mixture: 
500 lbs. of the mixed feed, 200 lbs. hom¬ 
iny or cornmeal, 150 lbs. linseed meal, 
150 lbs. cottonseed meal. 
This arrangement will increase your 
protein to about 24 per cent. If this mix¬ 
ture can be fed in conjunction with clover 
and Alfalfa hay that you propose to pur¬ 
chase, it is very likely that the flow of 
milk can be substantially increased. Bear 
in mind, however, that it is a difficult 
proposition to bring cows up to their flow 
of milk after they have reached certain 
stages in their lactation, and provided 
their flow of milk has been checked by 
improper or insufficient feeding. 
For the dry cows I should use a mix¬ 
ture consisting of equal parts of corn, 
oats and bran, to which 10 per cent of 
linseed meal has been added. Feed gen¬ 
erously of this mixture, for it is good 
practice to have cows approach calving 
time in good flesh and in relatively high 
condition. After the 20 per cent grade of 
mixed feed that you are now using is ex¬ 
hausted it would be well £o try some of 
the home mixtures that are proposed in 
these columns. 
Feeding Dry Cows and Milkers 
Will you give me a balanced ration for 
dairy cows; also for dry cows? I am 
feeding good Alfalfa and clover hay, corn¬ 
stalks and mangel beets. o. H. 
New York. 
For the dry cows which are thin in 
flesh I should propose a mixture consist¬ 
ing of 200 lbs. of bran, 300 lbs. ground 
oats, 400 lbs. cornmeal, 100 lbs. old pro¬ 
cess linseed meal. Feed the best rough- 
age that is available with this grain mix¬ 
ture and, unless you have plenty of the 
mangel beets, I should conserve them for 
use in feeding these cows when they 
freshen, or for use with the regular milk¬ 
ing herd. 
For the cows in milk more protein is 
necessary, and, since you have Alfalfa 
and clover hay, which is to be' fed to the 
cows in milk, the following mixture, 
which does not carry any bran, would 
serve well: Old process linseed meal, 200 
lbs.; 43 per cent cottonseed meal, 150 
lbs.; ground oats, 200 lbs.; wheat bran, 
150 lbs.; corn or hominy meal, 300 lbs. 
Feed the cows in proportion to their 
daily production of milk, increasing the 
amount of grain to those that milk the 
heaviest, and decreasing proportionately 
as the flow of milk decreases. Make sure 
that the cows have all the roughage that 
they will clean up two or three times a 
day, and let them have a substantial 
amount of the sliced mangel beets twice 
daily. 
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