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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Grinding  Grain  At  Home 
We  have  a  new  grinding  feed  mill,  and 
would  like  to  make  our  own  feed.  We 
have  oats  and  corn.  What  other  feed 
would  be  good  to  mix  with  the  corn  and 
oats.  We  have  plenty  of  silage,  hay  and 
corn  fodder.  How  much  to  each  cow 
would  be  safe  to  feed  ?  R.  s. 
Ohio. 
As  you  have  your  own  mill  we  take  it 
that  you  are  desirous  of  grinding  corn- 
and-cob  meal  and  oats  as  a  major  basis 
for  your  grain  mixture.  With  pleury  of 
silitge  and  corn  fodder  for  roughage  a 
mixture  combining  250  lbs.  of  ground 
oats,  200  lbs.  corn-and-cob  meal,  150  lbs. 
bran.  150  lbs.  linseed  meal.  200  lbs.  43% 
cottonseed  meal  and  50  lbs.  gluten  meal 
is  suggested.  Feed  the  cows  all  of  the 
silage  and  hay  that  they  will  consume 
twice  daily ;  let  them  have  their  corn 
fodder  in  the  middle  of  the  day,  and  feed 
1  lb.  of  the  above  22  per  cent  protein 
feed  for  each  3%  lbs.  of  milk  produced 
per  cow  per  day.  In  case  your  cows  give 
more  than  50  lbs.  of  milk  a  day  it  would 
be  well  to  give  an  additional  amount  of 
both  linseed  meal  and  gluten  meal.  Very 
little  is  gained  by  attempting  to  grind 
either  the  corn  or  oats  unduly  fine.  It 
is  desired  that  some  bulky  feeds  be  fed, 
and  with  the  concentrated  items  included 
it  will  not  be  necessary  to  run  the  burrs 
very  rigidly. 
Improving  Dairy  Ration 
Will  you  criticize  this  ration  for  cows 
giving  milk?  I  feed  good  silage  morning 
and  night,  Alfalfa  hay  at  noon.  For 
every  3%  lbs.  milk.  1  lb.  of  this  grain 
mixture :  100  lbs.  wheat  bran.  100  lbs. 
ground  oats.  100  lbs.  eornmeal,  100  lbs. 
gluten,  50  lbs  old  process  oilmeal.  Grain 
is  fed  morning  and  night.  M.  w.  L. 
New  York. 
The  above  ration,  excluding  the  rough- 
age  and  silage,  contains  17  per  cent  of 
crude  protein,  has  a  nutritive  value  of 
1  to  3.8.  carries  4  per  cent  of  fat  and  9 
per  cent  of  fiber.  If  it  is  intended  for 
cows  yielding  30  lbs.  or  more  of  milk  per 
day  it  is  deficient  in  protein.  More 
variety  would  increase  its ipalatahility.  It 
is  proposed  therefore  that  you  use  200  lbs. 
wheat  bran.  150  lbs.  ground  oats.  250  lbs. 
eornmeal,  150  lbs.  gluten  meal,  150  lbs. 
linseed  -meal,  100  lbs.  43  per  cent  cotton¬ 
seed  meal. 
This  will  provide  a  21  per  cent  pro¬ 
tein  feed  with  more  variety.  Corn  and 
oats  can  be  interchanged ;  but  you  are 
reminded  that  oats  carry  more  fiber  and 
less  energy  than  does  eornmeal.  It  is 
assumed  that  you  are  using  gluten  feed 
rather  than  gluten  meal,  although  at 
preseut  prices  the  gluten  meal  is  clearly 
more  desirable. 
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Cow  and  Calf  Questions 
I  have  a  grade  Holstein  calf  which  I 
have  been  feeding  calf  meal  to  replace 
milk.  In  conjunction  I  feed  clover  hay 
and  equal  parts  by  measure  of  corn,  oats 
and  bran.  The  calf  is  now  six  weeks 
old.  The  table  of  instructions  sent  with 
the  calf  meal  goes  only  to  the  fifty-fifth 
day,  at  which  time  the  calf  is  getting  24 
ounces  daily.  May  I.  at  this  point, 
change  to  a  grain  ration?  If  not,  when 
and  how  much  shall  I  feed?  Is  my 
present  grain  ration  all  right?  I  have 
a  purebred  Jersey  cow,  eight  years  old. 
Two  months  ago  she  got  off  feed,  accom¬ 
panied  by  rapid  falling  of  milk  produc¬ 
tion.  One  morning  I  got  only  a  pint. 
There  is  some  soreness  in  the  teats.  A 
drench  of  Epsom  salts  relieved  the  di¬ 
gestive  trouble  almost  immediately,  and 
her  milk  production  has  very  slowly  in¬ 
creased  to  about  two  gallons  per  day  at 
the  present  time,  but  her  teats  are  still 
a  little  sore.  E.  J.  N. 
Virginia. 
Continue  the  use  of  the  proprietary 
calf  meal  'beyond  the  55-day  period  under 
substantially  the  same  conditions  until 
the  calf  is  four  months  old.  In  the  mean¬ 
time  let  the  calf  pick  away  at  some  leafy 
roughage  and  use  the  same  grain  ration, 
consisting  of  equal  parts  of  ground  oats, 
wheat  bran,  wheat  middlings  and  linseed 
meal.  Keep  enough  in  the  feed  box  so 
that  the  calf  will  keep  it  cleaned  up  each 
day.  As  soon  as  the  youngster  is  eating 
enough  of  this  mixture  to  maintain  its 
condition  the  proprietary  calf  meal  can 
be  discontinued,  but  make  the  change 
gradually. 
'The  cow  evidently  does  not  possess  de¬ 
sirable  qualities,  and  your  ration  lacks 
variety  and  palatability.  It  is  unwise  to 
obtain  all  of  the  protein  in  a  ration  from 
cottonseed  meal.  Try  a  mixture  con¬ 
sisting  of  equal  parts  of  corn-and-cob 
meal,  wheat  bran,  ground  oats,  cotton¬ 
seed  meal  and  linseed  meal.  Feed  some 
moistened  beet  pulp  with  your  silage. 
The  chances  are  that  your  cottonseed 
meal  may  have  been  toxic,  and  the  pres¬ 
ence  of  tlie  linseed  oil  in  the  linseed  meal 
may  help  solve  your  problem.  The  pea 
hay  can  be  used  successfully  by  both  the 
cow  and  the  calves. 
If  the  cow  continues  to  be  off  feed  re¬ 
strict  her  ration  to  beef  pulp,  bran  and 
oats,  with  10  per  cent  linseed  meal  added 
until  the  fevered  condition  of  her  udder 
and  the  blistered  condition  of  her  teats 
disappear. 
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