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Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Wrong  Feeding  Method 
I  have  been  taking  care  of  a  neighbor’s 
horse  recently,  and  have  noticed  that  the 
horse  eats  a  considerable  amount  of  hay. 
I  asked  the  man  if  he  fed  any  grain,  and 
he  said  no.  The  horse  just  stands  in  the 
barn,  with  an  occasional  job  to  do  (may¬ 
be  once  in  two  weeks).  This  man  said 
that  a  good  rub  down  was  just  as  good 
as  a  feed  of  oafs  for  a  horse.  Horse  eats 
nearly  a  bale  of  hay  at  a  feeding.  Is  he 
right?  This  same  man  says  all  a  young 
cow  that  is  milking  needs  is  hay,  a  few 
cornstalks  and  some  roots  (beets  or  tur¬ 
nips).  He  says  grain  of  any  kind  is  un¬ 
necessary  and  cow  will  do  just  as  well 
without  it..  He  says  the  roots  take  the 
place  of  the  grain.  Is  this  true? 
Massachusetts.  R. ». 
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Your  neighbor  preaches  and  practices  a 
very  bad  doctrine.  All  educated  animal 
husbandmen,  from  the  results  of  repeated 
and  corroborated  experiments  in  feeding, 
are  now  satisfied  that  a  working  horse 
requires  but  1  lb.  of  good  hay,  or  a  trifle 
over,  per  100  lbs.  of  body  weight  _  as  a 
day’s  ration.  This  hay  is  not  divided 
info  three  equal  feeds,  but  most  of  it  is 
fed  at  night,  some  of  it  the  first  thing  in 
the  morning,  and  but  a  pound  or  two 
when  the  horse  is  cooling  off  at  noon 
after  working  hard.  A  like  amount  of  i 
oats  is  fed,  or  oats  combined  with  wheat 
bran — one-ninth  to  one-sixth  part — and  a 
few  ears  of  corn  added,  at  noon,  in  cold  ] 
weather.  When  clover  or  Alfalfa  hay  is 
fed  more  corn  can  be  given  in  place  of 
oats,  as  those  hays  are  rich  in  protein 
elements.  When  a  horse  is  idle  the  grain 
ration  is  greatly  reduced  or  may  be  en¬ 
tirely  omitted,  provided  the  horse  is  fed 
good  hay,  bright  oat  straw’  and  corn 
stover,  along  with  carrots  or  other  roots, 
but  the  amount  of  roughage  allowed  daily 
does  not  materially  exceed  1%  lbs.  per  10Q 
lbs.  of  body  weight.  Feeding  a  horse  in 
the  way  proposed  or  followed  by  your 
neighbor  will,  in  time,  be  about  certain 
to  induce  heaves,  and  a  horse  so  fed  will 
at  least  be  unfitted  for  hard  work  with¬ 
out  “playing  out”  or  other  indications  of 
inefficiency.  Grooming  is  highly  neces¬ 
sary  and  always  beneficial,  but  it  will  not 
take  the  place  of  grain  feed.  It  may  be 
added  that  no  horse  ever  should  stand 
for  a  single  day  without  work  or  outdoor 
exercise.  That,  too,  is  a  fundamental 
principle  taught  and  put  in  practice  by 
every  intelligent  and  humane  horseman. 
As  to  the  feeding  of  cow’s,  nothing  could 
be  more  ridiculous  than  the  statement 
that  a  young  cow  that  is  milking  needs 
only  hay,  a  few’  cornstalks  and  beets  or 
turnips.*  It  is  the  dairymen  who  feed  in 
that  way  that  fail  to  make  cows  pay. 
There  is  an  old  saying  to  the  effect  that 
“a  cow’  milks  by  way  of  the  mouth, 
meaning  that  good  feeding  is  imperative 
if  much  milk  is  to  be  produced.  The 
common  rule  is  to  feed  a  pound  of  bal¬ 
anced  concentrate  (grain  and  meal)  for 
every  3%  to  4  lbs.  of  milk  produced  daily, 
in  addition  to  10  lbs.  or  so  of  first-class 
clover  or  Alfalfa  bay  and  30  lbs.  of  sound 
corn  silage,  or  its  equivalent  in  roots,  of 
which  rutabagas  are  preferable,  if  of 
good  quality.  When  not  so  fed  a  cow’ 
robs  her  own  bones  and  other,  tissues  of 
elements,  especially  lime,  lacking  in  hei 
ration,  soon  becomes  weak  and  cannot 
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Feeding  Holstein  Herd 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  ration  for 
Holstein  cow’s  that  are  fresh?  I  have  for 
rouglisgo  cornstalks,  and  clover 
hay;  once  a  day  Alfalfa  hay.  d.  h.  h. 
New  York. 
With  enough  Alfalfa  to  provide  one 
feeding  a  day  and  with _ silage,  cornstalks, 
and  clover  hay  to  provide  the  balance 
the  roughage,  a  grain  ration  mixed  as  fol¬ 
lows  would  give  you  a  22  per  cent  protein 
feed  :  250  lbs.  hominy,  100  lbs.  buckw’heat 
bran,  150  lbs.  linseed  meal.  150  lbs.  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal.  150  lbs.  bran.  200  lbs  gluten 
feed.  „  u 
Add  one  and  a  half  per  cent  of  salt  to 
this  combination  and  let  the  cow’s  have 
the  bulk  of  their  hay  during  the  middle 
of  the  day  and  all  of  the  silage  that  they 
will  consume  morning  and  night.  Use  the 
43  per  cent  grade  of  cottonseed  meal  and 
make  sure  that  the  linseed  meal  is  free 
from  screenings. 
Feeding  Dairy  Cows  and  Milkers 
We  have  a  dairy  of  15  cows ;  five  milk¬ 
ing  ;  have  plenty  of  Alfalfa  hay,  plenty 
of  corn  silage,  well  eared;  a  quantity  of 
light  oats  which  we  are  grinding.  What 
shall  w’e  use  to  balance  the  ration? 
New  York.  c.  d.  b. 
With  Alfalfa  hay  and  silage  that  is 
well  matured  I  should  suggest  a  mixture 
consisting  of  200  lbs.  of  hominy  or  corn- 
meal.  300  lbs.  oats,  150  lbs.  oilmeal.  200 
lbs.  gluten  meal,  150  lbs.  cottonseed  meal. 
I  have  not  used  any  wheat  bran  since  you 
have  an  abundance  of  Alfalfa  hay  and 
ground  oats,  and  it  might  be  well  to  use 
some  bran  in  the  ration  intended  for  dry 
cows.  Cornmeal  can  be  used  to  replace 
the  hominy  meal  if  desired,  although  at 
present  prices  the  hominy  is  perhaps 
cheaper. 
Belgium 
Imported 
Reduced  22% 
Melotte.  manufacturer  of  tha 
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The  Melotte  bowl  Is  self- bal¬ 
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