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By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Poor  Producers 
1  have  six  cows.  They  dropped  off  on 
their  milk  in  the  Fall  when  the  pasture 
i  got  short.  It  seems  with  all  the  feed  they 
are  getting  they  don’t  pick  up  any  on 
j  the  milk,  although  they  look  fit  enough. 
I  am  feeding  them  each  two  bushels  of 
silage,  two  quarts  of  ground  corn  and 
oats,  a  pound  of  cottonseed  meal.  10  lbs. 
Alfalfa  hay  and  all  the  corn  fodder  they 
will  clean  up  in  a  day.  T  raised  four  of 
them  myself,  and  this  is  the  best  care 
they  ever  received  yet.  still  they  don’t  give 
any  more  milk  than  they  used  to  on  just 
corn  fodder.  n.  o.  j. 
It  would  seem  that  the  reason  why  your 
cows  are  not  giving  a  satisfactory  amount 
of  milk  is  because  you  are  feeding  them 
an  insufficient  amount  of  grain.  While  it 
is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  allow  cows  all 
of  the  silage  and  roughage  that  they  will 
consume  this  practice  must  be  followed 
up  by  the  use  of  sufficient  concentrates  to 
enable  the  cows  to  produce  their  max¬ 
imum  flow  of  milk.  A  ration  limited  to 
ground  corn  and  oats  and  cottonseed  meal 
would  be  faulty  in  that  it  failed  to  sat¬ 
isfy  their  requirements  for  variety,  also 
that  it  is  unwise  to  seek  all  of  the  pro¬ 
tein  from  one  source.  Obviously  if  your 
cows  do  not  produce  more  on  the  ration 
that  you  are  feeding  than  they  did  on 
cornstalks  alone  it  follows  that  they  are 
being  improperly  fed. 
Since  you  have  corn  and  oats  ground 
together  it  is  suggested  that  the  following 
concentrates  be  purchased  and  com¬ 
pounded  :  ground  corn  and  oats,  400  lbs. ; 
coarse  wheat  bran.  200  lbs. ;  4.4  per  cent 
cottonseed  meal.  150  lbs.  ;linseed  meal.  100 
lbs. ;  gluten  meal,  150  lbs.  This  will  pro¬ 
vide  a  21-per  cent  protein  feed  and  ought 
to  satisfy  cows  of  limited  production.  If 
by  chance  any  of  the  cows  milk  more 
than  80  lbs.  of  milk  per  day  I  should  add 
enougv  more  cottonseed  meal  and  linseed 
meal  to  bring  this  combination  up  to  24 
per  cent  of  protein.  Mix  the  grain  with 
the  silage  and  allow  substantially  one 
pound  of  grain  for  each  three  pounds  of 
milk  produced  per  cow  per  day.  Let  them 
have  access  to  the  Alfalfa  and  corn  fodder 
during  the  middle  of  the  day,  and  see  to 
it  that  one  and  a  half  per  cent  of  salt  is 
added  to  the  combination. 
It  is  unfortunate  that  so  many  dairy¬ 
men  feel  that  such  concentrates  as  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal  and  linseed  meal  are  too 
pensive,  and  insist  upon  feeding  extra¬ 
vagantly  of  corn  and  oats.  It  has  been 
demonstrated  time  and  again  that  the 
efficiency  of  such  home  grown  products 
as  corn  and  oats  is  very  materially  in¬ 
creased  when  they  are  properly  supported 
by  concentrated  feeds  of  this  character. 
While  silage  and  Alfalfa,  when  fed  alone, 
will  produce  milk  economically  they  will 
not  enable  cows  to  work  to  the  best  ad¬ 
vantage.  It  is  curious  that  a  feeding  con¬ 
sisting  of  two  bushels  of  silage  and  10 
lbs.  of  Alfalfa  hay  in  themselves  have  not 
enabled  your  cows  to  produce  more  milk. 
It  is  probable  that  the  animals  them¬ 
selves  are  low  producers  and  if  this  is 
the  case  any  system  of  feeding  that  might 
be  inaugurated  would  result  in  disappoint¬ 
ment.  Hence  I  would  suggest  that  you 
get  in  touch  with  the  cow  test  associa¬ 
tion  in  your  neighborhood,  or  by  your¬ 
self  weigh  the  milk  and  see  just  how 
many  pounds  they  are  producing  for  a 
given  amount  of  feed.  If  they  fail  to 
give  you  a  new  dollar  in  milk  for  an  old 
dollar  spent  for  feed  then  I  should  dis¬ 
pose  of  them  and  secure  animals  that  are 
known  to  he  workers  and  profitable  pro¬ 
ducers. 
Feeding  Soy  Beans 
Is  it  right  to  feed  grain  to  a  cow  right 
up  to  the  time  she  freshens?  My  grain 
ration  is :  2  pk.-  bran.  2  pk.  ground  oats, 
1  pk.  cornmeal.  1  pk.  linseed  meal.  I 
feed  0  qts.  of  tbe  above  mixture  a  day, 
two  feedings,  besides  one  qt.  beet  pulp, 
moistened  at  a  feed.  Is  it  right  to  feed 
Soy  bean  hay  right  up  to  the  time  the 
cow  freshens?  g.  m. 
Rhode  Island. 
Soy  bean  hay  can  be  safely  fed  right 
up  to  the  time  of  freshening.  It  is  a 
legume  rich  in  protein  and  high  in  min¬ 
eral  matter  and,  while  not  especially 
palatable,  it  serves  a  useful  function  in 
feeding  dairy  cows.  Since  Soy  bean  hay 
is  so  difficult  to  cure  one  caution  that 
must  be  exercised  is  to  make  sure  that 
there  is  no  mold  or  fungus  present  in  the 
cured  product. 
It  is  possible  that  your  grain  ration 
would  be  improved  by  adding  more  variety 
and  obtaining  your  protein  from  more 
sources.  Rather  than  select  the  ingre¬ 
dients  on  a  measure  basis  I  propose  that 
your  mixture  consist  of :  200  lbs.  bran, 
200  lbs.  ground  oats,  200  lbs.  cornmeal, 
150  lbs.  linseed  meal,  150  lbs.  cottonseed 
meal.  100  lbs.  gluten  meal. 
Unless  salt  is  kept  before  the  animals 
at  all  times  add  one  or  two  per  cent  to 
this  combination.  One  quart  of  beet  pulp 
would  be  scarcely  sufficient  to  provide 
succulence,  and  it  would  be  advantageous  I 
to  feed  more  of  this  product  to  cows  in  | 
milk.  Dry  cows  do  not  require  any  beet 
pulp. 
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