The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
287 
have good grass or are eating a pala¬ 
table soiling crop it is much better under 
such conditions than linseed meal or any 
of the glutens. If you desire to utilize 
some ground oats, replace the hominy with 
such amount of the oats as you care to 
use. The moistened beet pulp need not 
be fed during the season when soiling 
crops are available; but it is invaluable 
during the Winter when silage is not at 
hand. By increasing this grain ration as 
the demand is made for more or less milk 
it will be possible for you to produce the 
amount of milk desired. 
Feeding Buckwheat and Rye 
Will you give me the most economical 
and fairly balanced ration I can have 
from the grain on hand. I have buck¬ 
wheat, rye and corn. I could purchase 
one or two other necessary parts. I 
have no silage but corn on the stalk and 
a fair grade of Timothy with a little 
clover. I should have to draw too far 
to mill to get buckwheat middlings. How 
should I have buckwheat ground at mill 
nearby? E. a. d. 
New York. 
You doubtless appreciate that buck¬ 
wheat middlings have approximately 
three times the feeding value of ground 
buckwheat, that is if we determine their 
value by their protein content. If the 
mill is located too far from the farm to 
exchange the buckwheat for buckwheat 
middlings then the next best step is to 
have the buckwheat ground at the local 
mill and combined with the ingredients 
as follows: Buckwheat feed, 200 lbs.; 
ground rye, 150 lbs.; cornmeal, 300 lbs.; 
linseed meal, 300 lbs.; ground oats, 100 
lbs.; cottonseed meal, 100 lbs. 
In case you find it possible to exchange 
the whole buckwheat for buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings, remember that the latter carry 
about 28 per cent of protein and the 
former about 10 per cent. Re-arrange 
the combination of your ingredients in 
proportion. Since neither buckwheat feed 
nor rye is especially palatable this com¬ 
bination might not be relished by the ani¬ 
mals. It is one of those cases where the 
mixture might be mechanically correct 
and practically incorrect. The only way 
to find out is to try the mixture in re¬ 
duced proportions and see what the re¬ 
sults bring forth. t 
Feeding Dry Cows 
I am herdsman on this job. They 
keep Holstein and Guernsey cows and 1 
would like to know what is good to feed 
cows when they are dry so as to keep 
them in good order until due to freshen 
again. A. F. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is desirable to provide dry cows with 
a ration that will enable them to put on 
weight and flesh during this period. Per¬ 
sistent milkers usually are thin in flesh 
as the dry season approaches, and if it is 
desired that they shall produce milk gen¬ 
erously when they freshen the best pos¬ 
sible attention must be given them during 
their dormant stage. Unfortunately a 
great many people believe that because a 
cow is not giving milk she does not re¬ 
quire anything but roughage. No greater 
error prevails in the dairy field. The high 
records that have been established with j 
purebred cattle, especially on the seven 
and 30-day tests, have been brought about 
with cows that have been very carefully 
fed during the dry period. Then again 
many dairymen share the belief that a 
cow which is fed an abundance of legume 
hay during her dry period, properly sup¬ 
plemented with an energizing grain ration 
is able to store up mineral matter which 
greatly increases her efficiency as a milk 
producer during the lactation period. 
It is proposed, therefore, that you feed 
your cows clover or Alfalfa hay and that 
the grain ration consist of equal parts of 
corn or hominy meal, ground oats, wheat 
bran to which has been added 15 per 
cent of linseed meal. Feed enough of this 
grain mixture so that the cows will gain 
in flesh and in condition. ¥he desirable 
appearance is evidenced by a sleek coat 
of hair and a pliable skin. If the cows 
are persistent milkers then the amount 
of grain fed should be reduced previous 
to freshening so as to avoid any undue 
congestion of the udder at this time. The 
cows should be given access to salt and 
should be given plenty of bedding. 
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Give More Milk 
The amount of milk a cow gives is not always a true barometer of the 
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in accordance with the treatment given them. 
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in comfortable quarters. Cow comfort is, therefore, a matter of vital import¬ 
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