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William  Loudan 
Since  1867  tha  U.  S. 
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By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Milk  and  Live  Stock  Questions 
Will  you  please  give  me  a  good  grain 
ration  for  milk  cow  that  has  clover  hay, 
is  in  barn,  will  freshen  next  November? 
She  is  giving  8  qts.  per  day  now.  Has 
salt  before  her  and  all  the  water  she 
wants;  good  hay  twice  a  day.  Milk  has 
heavy  cream  now.  Would  it  pay  to  feed 
grain,  or  would  you  advise  something  else 
like  dried  beet  pulp?  Will  put  her  out 
to  pasture  next  Spring.  Cow  is  eight 
years  old.  We  live  in  town.  Would  have 
to  buy  our  grain.  Would  it  pay?  Which 
would  you  feed  grain  or  beet  pulp  to 
increase  milk  flow.  Will  you  explain 
what  these  terms  mean,  as  we  sell  milk  : 
Grade  A,  raw  milk ;  Grade  B  milk ; 
Grade  C  milk;  certified  milk?  Grade  C, 
raw,  is  sold  here  in  this  town.  As  1 
understand  it,  certified  milk  is  milk  which 
has  been  run  through  cream  separator 
to  remove  foreign  substances  and  impuri 
ties,  after  which  cream  and  milk  are  com¬ 
bined  together  and  sold  as  certified  milk. 
Is  certified  milk  used  for  hospitals?  Tell 
me  good  grain  ration  for  registered  O.  I. 
C.  gilt  due  to  freshen  in  March ;  weight, 
250  lbs. ;  will  be  one  year  old  next  June. 
Have  just  bought  her.  Will  be  delivered 
here  next  week.  Want  to  feed  her  right. 
Will  she  have  to  have  milk.  Would  you 
advise  buying  commercial  buttermilk?  I 
mean  the  powdered  form.  M.  B.  c. 
The  distributers  of  the  various  grades 
cf  milk  do  not  have  a  common  means  of 
identification.  Grade  A  milk  in  one  sec¬ 
tion  may  differ  materially  from  that  des¬ 
ignated  Grade  A  milk  in  another  terri¬ 
tory.  In  one  instance  it  may  apply  to 
pasteurized  milk,  although  the  terms  raw 
and  pasteurized  are  invariably  used. 
Grade  A  milk  usually  identifies  a  grade 
of  milk  approaching  that  of  certified  milk, 
though  not  actually  attested  to  by  a  milk 
commission. 
Certified  milk  is  not  pasteurized,  but 
produced  under  conditions  of  inspection 
both  in  the  dairy  and  in  the  manufac¬ 
turers’  plants,  as  well  as  from  cows  that 
have  been  tuberculin-tested  and  regularly 
inspected  by  a  qualified  veterinarian.  In 
addition  to  designating  conditions  of  sani¬ 
tation  that  must  prevail  where  this  grade 
of  milk  is  produced,  it  must  contain  less 
than  500  bacteria  per  C.  C. 
Grades  B  and  C,  respectively,  refer  to 
milk  produced  under  less  thorough  in¬ 
spection,  and  in  some  sections  it  does  not 
necessarily  follow  that  milk  so  identified 
must  be  produced  from  tuberculin-tested 
cows. 
The  National  Association  of  Certified 
Milk  Producers  has  attempted  to  unify 
the  grades  of  milk  and  to  designate  the 
conditions  that  properly  enable  one  to  dis¬ 
tribute  Grade  A,  Grade  B  and  Grade  C 
milk.  The  seci*etary  of  this  association 
is  Harry  Winters  of  Albany,  N.  Y.  If 
you  are  sufficiently  interested  to  commu¬ 
nicate  with  him,  I  am  sure  that  he  has 
printed  matter  that  will  give  you  further 
light  on  this  subject. 
As  to  a  ration  for  a  dairy  cow  due  to 
freshen  next  November,  I  should  say  that 
if  you  can  afford  to  keep  a  cow  at  all, 
you  cannot  afford  to  maintain  her  at  any 
season  of  her  lactation  or  dry  period 
without  the  use  of  some  grain  or  concen¬ 
trate.  If  she  is  dry  when  on  luxuriant 
pasture,  the  grain  ration  itself  can  be 
simplified  and  somewhat  reduced,  although 
the  most  persistent  milkers  are  those  that 
are  supplied  some  grain  ration  every  day 
in  the  year.  For  use  during  the  rest  or 
dry  period  a  simple  combination  consist¬ 
ing  of  three  parts  of  cornmeal,  three  parts 
of  ground  oats,  three  parts  of  bran  and 
one  part  of  linseed  meal  will  suffice.  If 
this  is  fed  during  the  Summer  months, 
when  pasture  is  abundant,  the  linseed 
meal  can  be  dispensed  with.  However,  if 
the  pasture  is  short  and  the  cow  is  rela¬ 
tively  thin  in  flesh,  10  per  cent  of  linseed 
meal  should  be  included  and  this  supple¬ 
mented  with  10  per  cent  of  gluten  feed. 
During  the  normal  lactation  period, 
that  is,  when  the  cow  is  giving  milk,  a 
combination  of  three  parts  of  hominy 
meal,  two  parts  of  wheat  bran,  two  parts 
of  ground  oats,  one  part  of  linseed  meal 
and  two  parts  of  cottonseed  meal  is  pro¬ 
posed.  The  amount  fed  should  be  regu¬ 
lated  according  to  the  daily  production, 
using  about  1  lb.  of  grain  for  each  31/. 
lbs.  of  milk  produced  per  day.  Where 
only  a  few  cows  are  maintained  beet  pulp 
is  more  economical  than  silage  or  root 
crops. 
A  suitable  ration  for  the  gilt  that  now 
weighs  250  lbs.  and  is  desired  to  produce 
a  litter  in  the  Spring  would  consist  of  five 
parts  of  cornmeal  or  shelled  corn,  three 
parts  of  ground  oats,  one  part  of  red  dog 
flour,  and  one  part  of  digester  tankage. 
I  should  not  recommend  the  buying  of 
commercial  buttermilk  for  use  in  feeding 
this  gilt,  for  digester  tankage  will  supply 
all  of  the  animal  protein  necessary  to  her 
growth  and  fecundity.  Usually  the  pow¬ 
dered  milk  or  semi-solid  buttermilk  is  an 
expensive  source  of  protein.  Buttermilk 
particularly,  being  high  in  moisture,  is 
usually  costly  as  a  source  of  nutriment. 
You  are  in  error  in  assuming  that  certi¬ 
fied  milk  is  a  product  resulting  from  first 
separating  the  cream  and  milk  and  then 
combining  them  as  desired.  In  many  in- 
stances  the  cooled  milk  is  run  through 
clarifiers  but  under  no  circumstances  is 
it  actually  separated. 
YOUR  Cows  a  Chance! 
Of  course  you’re  not  keeping,  [feeding  and  milking 
your  cows— morning  and  night,  every  day  in  the  year— 
purely  for  pleasure.  You  expect  those  cows  to  pay  at 
least  a  fair  profit  on  their  feed  and  care. 
And,  like  all  other  understanding  dairymen,  you  fully 
realize  that  when  you  treat  a  cow  right,  make  her  most 
comfortable,  she’ll  respond  with  more  milk  in  the  pail 
—more  profit  for  you. 
Whether  your  herd  is  large  or  small,  you  owe  it  to  your 
cows,  and  to  yourself,  to  give  them  real  pasture  comfort 
in  the  barn,  remembering  that  the  time  of  year  when 
they  are  most  closely  stabled,  the  price  of  milk  is  usually 
highest.  Louden  Steel  Stalls  and  Stanchions  provide 
maximum  comfort,  insure  greater  production,  profit,  and 
Save  Human  Labor— Half  the  Cost  of  Dairying 
Louden  Steel  Stalls  and  Stanchions,  used  in  tens  of  thousands  of 
small  and  large  dairies  all  over  the  world,  enable  one  man  to  take  care 
of  twice  as  many  cows— ease  and  shorten  the  daily  barn  work.  Single 
chain  holds  the  Louden  Stanchion  freely  at  top  and  bottom,  enabling 
the  cow  to  lie  down  naturally,  freely  to  turn  her  head  to  card  herself 
or  sleep  with  her  head  at  one  side  and  to  get  up  with  greatest  ease. 
It  is  the  simplest  and  strongest  stanchion  made.  Heavily  reinforced 
at  hinge  to  prevent  twisting.  Smooth,  V-shaped  bottom  end  prevents 
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operates  at  touch  of  mittened  hand.  The  moat  perfect  cow- tie  made 
and  the  only  one  that  can  successfully  be  used  with  the  high  built-up 
feed-saving  manger  curb,  which  prevents  cows  from  wasting  feed  by 
working  it  back  on  to  stall  floor— a  valuable  saving  in  itself  each  year. 
Louden  Steel  Stalls  and  Stanchions  have  no  sharp  corners  to  hurt 
the  cows,  no  crevices  to  harbor  dangerous  disease  germs,  no  flat  sur¬ 
faces  to  collect  dirt,  no  troublesome  attachments.  Smooth,  graceful 
tubular  steel  construction  that  will  last  as  long  as  the  barn  stands. 
Loud«n  Barn  Equipment  Best— Shows  Greatest  Profit 
For  over  56  years  Louden  has  built  only  the  best  quality  Barn  Equipment— Stalls 
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and  give  longest  years  of  service.  It  is  not  necessary  to  fit  your  barn  completely 
with  Louden  Equipment  in  order  to  show  results  because  every  Louden  Equipment 
is  a  proved  labor-saver.  Even  a  small  installation  will  quickly  show  a  noticeable 
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