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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
April 20, 1924 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minklef 
^ 
Supplementing Mixed Feed 
I wish a ration for two cows, one a 
Guernsey and the other a small Jersey. I 
feed the Guernsey eight quarts of a mixed 
dairy ration ; and the Jersey six quarts; 
Timothy hay three times daily. The milk 
production is about 10 quarts daily from 
each cow. J. h. w. 
There is no reason why the small Jer¬ 
sey and the Guernsey cows to which you 
refer cannot be fed the same ration, for 
the butterfat content of the Jerseys and 
the Guernseys is substantially the same. 
You do not state the percentage of 
protein which the mixed feed carries. I 
am under the impression that it is about 
20 per cent of protein. I would suggest 
that you add 15 per cent of linseed meal 
to this mixture and likewise that you add 
20 per cent of com or hominy meal. How¬ 
ever, if you are getting 10 quarts daily 
from each cow I doubt whether it would 
be advantageous for you to complicate 
or modify this feed. 
It is unfortunate that you do not have 
a better grade of roughage for these two 
family cows. Timothy hay is ill-suited 
for such use. In fact, if I used Timothy 
hay I should surely feed some moistened 
beet pulp in order that some succulence 
might be provided. Where clover or Al¬ 
falfa bay of good quality is provided then 
it is possible to get along without the 
beet pulp, although this latter product 
will make any dairy ration more palat¬ 
able, more attractive, and undoubtedly 
more productive when it is intelligently 
fed as a supplement. 
Prevention of Milk Fever 
Would like to know the best way to 
feed my cow so she won’t have milk fever. 
She will freshen in late April. I am now 
feeding cornmeal, 100 lbs.; bran, 100 
lbs. ; ground oats, 100 lbs.; middlings, 150 
lbs.; oilmeal, 50 lbs.; Alsike, clover hay, 
light mixed with Timothy, and corn fod¬ 
der. c. w. H. 
Milk fever can . commonly be traced to 
cows of exceptional production which 
have been fed a generous amount of grain 
during their dry period and continued 
right up to the time of calving. Usually 
it is the highest producing cow which is 
afflicted with this condition. Preventive 
measures should be taken. If the calv¬ 
ing date is known, then the ration for 
two weeks preceding this event should be 
reduced and the amount of protein like¬ 
wise reduced. Hence a mixture consist¬ 
ing of 50 lbs. of ground oats. 50 lbs. bran, 
25 lbs. beet pulp, 25 lbs. oil meal, is sug¬ 
gested. It might be possible to reduce 
the oilmeal to 10 per cent. The question 
of laxativeness is an important one, and 
if linseed meal brings about this condition 
it would be better to reduce the amount 
of this feed fed. rather than to modify the 
proportion of the ingredients. 
Then too it is desirable that the cow 
be given an abundance of hay or rough¬ 
age, and it is not necessary that the 
roughage fed during this period be of 
clover or Alfalfa. The use of Timothy or 
the poorer grades of hay will serve to 
thin down the blood, which condition is 
desirable. 
If the cow is in high flesh, then the 
use of some purge like Epsom salts or 
linseed meal previous to calving is an¬ 
other precaution which will thin the blood 
and reduce its nitrogen content, which is 
an advantage. 
After the cow freshens, and provided 
the inflammation all disappears from the 
udder, it would be well to return to the 
ration that you are now feeding and make 
a simple addition of 50 lbs. of cottonseed 
meal to the combination. The ration as 
it now stands is lower in protein than is 
desirable for Winter conditions. After 
the cow goes out to grass it might be nec¬ 
essary to replace the oilmeal with the 
cottonseed meal to correct any undue lax¬ 
ativeness that might be experienced. 
LTnless there is a good reason to the 
contrary, it would be quite as well to use 
all bran instead of part bran and part 
middlings, for usually bulk is desired in 
rations intended for milk cow r s. Much 
depends upon the comparative prices of 
, the products mentioned. It is important 
to remember that the reduction of the 
| feed previous to calving is the one pre- 
i caution for preventing milk fever. 
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mHE structure of a oow’s udder and 
A teats is made up of thousands of 
tiny cells and ducts. Each cell has its 
part to perform in contributing to a 
healthy, full milk-flow. 
Any injury not quickly and properly 
healed interferes with the “letting 
down” of the milk and may result in 
permanently congested tissues. 
The use of Bag Balm for injuries to 
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