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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
February  3,  1923 
Where  TI-O-GA  Feeds  Are  Manufactured 
The  Plant  where  TI-O-GA  Feeds  are  manufactured  is  modern  in  all  its  appointments,  equipped 
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Each  operation  is  under  the  personal  supervision  cf  men  who  have  had  years  of  experience 
and  are  experts  in  their  line. 
Back  of  the  plant  and  its  operation  is  a  business  policy  based  on  a  sincere  desire  to  serve  the 
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By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Learning  Dairy  Business 
I  am  working  on  a  dairy  farm  as  a 
green  hand  breaking  into  the  cow  game. 
1  would  like  to  ask  whether  or  not  I  am 
wasting  my  time  here  in  learning  feeding 
and  care  of  cows,  and  if  the  following 
questions  answered  apply  to  all  breeds. 
(Ayrshires  here).  In  .feeding  ground 
grains  for  milking  cows,  we  use  1  lb.  of 
feed  to  3  lbs.  of  milk,  (24  per  cent  pro¬ 
tein)  ;  for  heifers,  bulls  and  dry  cows,  2 
lbs.  (20  per  cent  protein)  ;  fresh  cows, 
2  lbs.  bran  and  2  lbs.  (20  per  cent  pro¬ 
tein)  until  taken  away  from  calf  (3  or  4 
days,  twice  a  day),  then  she  gets  4  lbs. 
(24  per  cent  protein)  and  2  lbs.  (20  per 
cent  protein)  until  udder  is  in  good  con¬ 
dition  for  milking  and  then  1  to  3  lbs. 
of  24  per  cent  protein.  Udder  sometimes 
gets  hard  in  1  or  2  quarters,  mostly  the 
lined  ones  while  with  calf. 
On  silage.  11  lbs.  is  figured  for  a  fork¬ 
ful  ;  20  to  25  lbs.  at  one  milking  get  3)4 
forkfuls;  all  others  except  these  under 
1  year  get  2  forkfuls.  On  cold  nighls 
they  get  an  extra  forkful.  The  calve  > 
vet  what  they  will  clean  up.  from  3  to  10 
lbs.,  depending  on  how  they  are  growing. 
Hay  is  given  at  noon  and  night,  about  15 
lbs.  at  each  feeding  and  on  cold  days  the 
same  amount  after  the  silage  in  the  morn¬ 
ing.  The  barn  is  comfortable,  being  an 
up-to-date  affair,  concrete  floors  and  man¬ 
gers.  and  is  equipped  with  pipe  stanchions 
with  water  bowl  for  each  animal.  The 
owner  says  he  is  feeding  for  fleshy  cows 
as  well  as  big  producers.  A  neighbor 
came  into  the  barn  the  other  day  am! 
said  that  thev  looked  like  beef  cattle. 
Does  fat  on  the  cows  interfere  with  the 
production  of  milk? 
They  are  all  let  out  about  twice  a  week 
to  exercise  in  a  15  acre  lot.  which  is  called 
the  barnyard,  for  a  couple  of  hours  each 
time.  Is  there  a  law  against  having  a 
cow  in  stanchion  when  calf  is  born?  Is 
box  stall  proper  place  for  it?  w.  m.  b. 
Connecticut. 
If  you  are  really  interested  in  dairy 
cattle  and  ambitious  to  own  a  farm  and 
herd  of  your  own  at  some  future  time 
then  I  should  say  that  you  are  aotiDg 
wisely  in  working  on  a  dairy  farm.  The 
school  of  experience  is  by  _all  odds  the 
most  efficient  means  of  training  dairy¬ 
men,  especially  where  they  are  suffic'ently 
interested  to  square  their  daily  activities 
with  records  and  reports  of  successful 
dairymen.  The  system  of  management 
that  you  have  described  is  in  the  mam 
correct.  The  three  general  rules  con¬ 
cerning  feeding  and  nutrition  provide  for: 
1.  The  feeding  of  all  the  silage  and 
roughage  that  the  cows  will  consume. 
2.  The  use  of  one  pound  of  grain  for 
each  three  or  three  and  a  half  pounds  of 
milk  produced  per  day. 
3.  Insistence  that  the  cows  do  not  gain 
in  weight  but  rather  maintain  their  con¬ 
dition  provided  there  is  good  flesh  at 
calving  time. 
A  24-per  cent  protein  feed  is  well  suited 
for  cows  in  milk  providing  that  they  yield 
more  than  30  lbs.  per  day.  For  animals 
giving  less  than  this  amount  a  20  or  even 
18-per  cent  protein  ration  properly  se¬ 
lected  will  do  equally  as  well. 
Rather  than  limit  your  dry  cows  to 
two  pounds  of  20-per  cent  feed  I  should 
allow  them  a  great  deal  more  of  a  ra¬ 
tion  consisting  of  equal  parts  of  cornmeal, 
ground  oats,  wheat  bran,  and  linseed 
meal.  If  one  has  plenty  of  oats  they  can 
be  increased  and  the  linseed  meal  reduced 
to  15  per  cent,  although  I  like  the  first 
named  ration  for  use  during  the  Winter. 
If  the  cows  are  dry  and  run  on  pasture 
then  the  use  of  equal  parts  of  corn  and 
oats  will  serve  efficiently.  Calves  and 
young  heifers  should  not  he  maintained 
in  high  flesh,  but  should  be  given  an 
abundance  of  Alfalfa  or  clover  hay  and 
just  enough  of  a  simple  grain  ration  to 
keep  them  gaining  and  growing. 
The  common  error  in  the  care  and  man¬ 
agement  of  bulls  is  to  feed  them  exces¬ 
sively  of  roughage  and  sparingly  of  grain. 
Having  very  little  exercise  they  soon  be¬ 
come  paunchy,  and  the  excessive  amount 
of  coarse  feeds  support  this  condition. 
Much  is  gained  if  the  ration  of  the  bull 
is  restricted  to  oats  and  bran  and  some 
legume  hay  and  shredded  corn  fodder.  A 
limited  amount  of  silage  can  be  used  but 
scarcely  more  than  20  lbs.  per  day. 
Since  you  mention  having  some  udder 
trouble  it  is  very  probable  that,  you  have 
been  forcing  your  cows  to  their  produc¬ 
tion  ration  too  quickly  after  calving. 
Where  a  generous  grain  ration  is  fed 
previous  to  calving  consisting  largely  of 
corn,  oats  and  bran,  it  is  well  to  take  a 
week  or  ten  days  and  even  two  weeks  to 
enable  the  cow  to  square  herself  before 
the  regular  production  ration  is  provided. 
In  any  event  heavy  feeding  should  not  be 
practiced  until  all  of  the  inflammation 
has  disappeared  from  the  udder.  During 
this  interval  the  use  of  oats,  bran,  and 
beet  pulp  with  legume  hay  and  some 
linseed  meal  can  scarcely  be  improved 
upon.  Rather  than  increase  the  amount 
of  roughage  on  cold  days  I  should  rather 
add  more  corn  or  hominy  meal  to  the  mix¬ 
ture,  especially  for  young  cattle  or  dry 
cows. 
If  your  system  of  feeding  calves  re¬ 
sults  in  their  growing  and  gaining,  well 
and  good.  If  skimmed  milk  could  be  con¬ 
tinued  a  little  longer  it  would  be  advan¬ 
tageous.  and  I  would  prefer  to  feed  a  ra¬ 
tion  carrying  16  per  cent  of  protein  to 
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