The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Bean Straw for Cows 
Would you kindly inform me the food 
value of beau pods for feeding milk cows? 
New York. w. L» 
Bean straw, which ordinarily contains 
the beans, will run about 7% per cent 
protein and 42 per cent of nitrogen free 
extract. However, it carries 30 per cent 
of fiber and is high in ash and mineral 
matter. If this material is to provide the 
roughage exclusively for milk cows, it 
should be fed in conjunction with mois¬ 
tened beet pulp and a grain ration carry¬ 
ing not less than 24 per cent of protein. 
Under ordinary circumstances it would 
be worth less than Timothy hay for such 
use. 
Improving Ration 
You gave me a ration for my dairy that 
gave quite satisfactory results last Win¬ 
ter. Would you suggest any change this 
Winter? My supply of corn on the ear 
is limited this Winter, and I wish to 
change the corn and oats from 200 lbs. 
corn and cob meal and 300 lbs. ground 
oats to 200 lbs. corn and cob meal and 
400 lbs. ground oats. This was the ration 
you gave me last Winter: 200 lbs. corn 
and cob meal, 300 lbs. ground oats, 150 
lbs. Buffalo gluten feed (23 per cent), 
150 lbs. cottonseed meal (43 per cent), 
100 lbs. old process linseed meal, 100 lbs. 
bran, 15 lbs. salt. The ration you rec¬ 
ommended gave gluten meal instead of 
gluten feed. The meal was not available, 
so I substituted gluten feed. I have good 
clover hay, which I feed at noon, and 
well-eared silage morning and night. 
New York. J. v. 
In substituting ground oats for corn 
and cob meal, remember that the ground 
oats will contribute about 12 per cent of 
protein, and that the corn and cob meal 
contributes about 8 per cent. However, 
the oats will carry considerable more fiber 
and oftentimes it is safe to substitute 
these ingredients, pound for pound. Using 
the ground oats and corn and cob meal as 
a basis, and taking into consideration the 
present value of ingredients on the mar¬ 
ket, I should recommend the following 
ration: 400 lbs. of ground oats, 200 lbs. 
corn and cob meal, 200 lbs. linseed meal, 
100 lbs. cottonseed meal, 100 lbs. gluten 
feed. 
This will provide a mixture of substan¬ 
tially the same protein content as the one 
used last Winter. Nevertheless, the ad¬ 
dition of 50 lbs. of cotton-seed meal or the 
substituting of gluten meal for gluten 
feed would slightly increase the protein 
and be advantageous. However, if you 
feed generously of the clover hay the 20 
per cent feed might give good results. 1 
should try, however, the feeding of some 
extra gluten feed or extra cottonseed feed 
on the side, perhaps % lb. per cow in 
order to determine whether this addition 
would increase the flow of milk enough to 
justify the added cost. 
Ration with Beet Pulp 
Will you give a balanced ration for 
fresh cows to be used in conjunction with 
beet pulp and mixed hay, all feeds to be 
purchased, quoted as follows: Bran. $34 ; 
ground oats, $38; cornmeal, $45; oilmeal, 
32 per cent., $47; cottonseed meal, 43 
per cent, $57. e. b. w. 
Assuming that the beet pulp is to be 
moistened and fed separately as a succu¬ 
lent feed, and that the mixed hay con¬ 
tains considerable clover, we believe that 
the combination constructed as follows 
would make the most economical use of 
the ingredients at the prices quoted. You 
are reminded, however, that the better 
grades of linseed meal carry from 35 to 
36 per cent, of protein, rather than 32 per 
cent, and that we have a suspicion that 
the product referred to contains mill run 
of screenings and thus does not qualify 
as the best grade of old process linseed 
meal. Again, hominy at its present value 
is cheaper than cornmeal as quoted, while 
both oats and bran are comparatively 
high in cost. The mixture follows: 200 
lbs. of linseed meal, 200 lbs. cottonseed 
meal, 300 lbs. cornmeal, 150 lbs. oats, 150 
lbs. bran. 
If the linseed carried 35 per cent of 
protein and the bran is standard, and 
the oats of good quality, this combination 
will yield 22 per cent protein. If you 
feed considerable beet pulp and the rough- 
age is poor, and the cows are giving over 
40 lbs. of milk, then I should add 100 
lbs. of gluten feed to this mixture. 
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