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7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 2, 1924 
WHAT DOES IT PROVE 
when, on a single farm in one year, five cows 
average 1248 lbs. butter, four of the five average 
1261 lbs., two of the five average over 1300 lbs., 
and one, Anna Lenox DeKol 2nd, makes a 
world’s record for 12-year-olds, all breeds, with 
28,646.3 lbs. milk, 1367.58 lbs. butter? 
That’s exactly what hap¬ 
pened at Yates Farms, 
Orchard Park, N. Y.,— 
all these great records be¬ 
ing completed since last 
December. 
Chiefly, it proves two 
things—that these are good 
cows and that they’re well 
fed. At Yates Farms lib¬ 
eral amounts of 
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GLUTEN MEAL 
are fed all year ’round. 
ration. 
Mr. F. M. Nichols, Herd Manager at Yates 
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Mr. Nichols does not believe in ruining a cow 
for the sake of a great record. These animals were 
fed for big production without sacrifice of health. 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Various Feeding Questions 
Is it possible to substitute Alfalfa hay, 
(combined with the proper grain ration), 
for silage, provided one has plenty of 
it? If such a thing is possible, how 
should it be done? As I understand it 
Alfalfa is very high in protein and sil¬ 
age is roughage to a certain extent. Are 
both Alfalfa and silage to be classed as 
succulents? Is protein, which the dic¬ 
tionary defines as a “muscle making 
food.” the best milk maker? What grain 
ration should be fed cows with Tim¬ 
othy hay and silage fed twice a day; 
with Alfalfa and silage fed twice a day? 
The cows are Guernseys and Jerseys. 
Oneida Co., N. Y. L. b. G. 
It is not possible to substitute Alfalfa 
hay for silage, for the two products are 
distinctly different in composition. Sil¬ 
age is a carbohydrate feed with succulent 
supplements and is intended to provide 
bulk, as well as heat and energy. Alfalfa 
on the other hand, is a roughage carrying 
nearly as much protein as bran, and in 
addition, provides mineral matter of vital 
necessity to young growing animals. 
To put your question in another way : 
Silage, plus grain, cau be substituted for 
Alfalfa, plus grain. But it is unwise to 
feed silage by itself. The reason is 
obvious. Five pounds of silage carry 
substantially the equivalent in dry mat¬ 
ter of 1 lb. of ordinary roughage, and it 
is not desirable under ordinary circum¬ 
stances to feed a cow more than 35 to 45 
lbs. of silage per day. Manifestly, there 
is not enough energy in this amount of 
silage to maintain her daily functions and 
in addition make it possible for her to 
produce the desired amount of milk. 
It is always safe to allow all of the 
Alfalfa hay that they will clean up with 
relish once or twice a day, and it is 
likewise good practice to provide cows 
in milk with all the silage that they will 
consume in two feeds, morning and night. 
Thus, the amount of grain that should 
accompany both hay and silage is deter¬ 
mined by the average daily production of 
milk. 
Alfalfa cannot be classified, as you 
suggest, as a succulent feed unless it is 
fed green and as a forage crop. In this 
case, Alfalfa can appropriately substitute 
for silage. Rut Alfalfa hay cured down 
to a moisture content of about 10 per 
cent cannot be substituted for silage, 
which carries often more than 40 per 
cent. 
Protein is a combination of carbon, 
hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, the func¬ 
tion of which is to build blood and 
muscle, hair, nails, horns, and similar 
structure iu the animal’s system. In or¬ 
der to produce milk an animal must 
carry in its blood stream the necessary 
constituents so that the alveoli cells in 
the udder can manufacture milk from 
these constituents. Protein is a neces¬ 
sary constituent and often is a limiting 
facor in the production of milk. The only 
difference between a carboliydrated feed 
and protein feed is the element nitrogen, 
but carbon produces heat and energy and 
the added nitrogen pei'forms a supplemen¬ 
tal function. It is well known that a 
protein can perform all the functions 
that a carbohydrate can perform, hut 
owing to the necessary absence of the 
element in a carbohydrate it cannot sub¬ 
stitute for protein. 
If Timothy hay is fed rather than Al¬ 
falfa hay, one must provide in the grain 
mixture enough more proteiu to meet the 
deficiency of protein in the Timothy hay. 
Assume that you are desirous of provid¬ 
ing a ration for use during the Summer 
months when silage is not available and 
when Alfalfa hay, home-grown, can be 
used, the following 20 per cent feed is 
suggested: 300 lbs. cornmeal, 200 lbs. 
gluten feed. 100 lbs. cottonseed meal, 100 
lbs. bran, 200 lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. 
linseed meal. 
If the gluten meal can be purchased at 
an attractive figure, it can replace the 
gluten feed, in which event the amount 
of oats in the combination can be slight¬ 
ly reduced. At this time of year oats are 
relatively expensive, but in your section 
of the country oftentimes barley or oats 
in combination can be purchased at at¬ 
tractive figures. Or if your pasture is 
luxuriant it will not be necessary to feed 
any of the Alfalfa or Timothy hay in con- 
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