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March  31,  19*3 
From  Winter  to 
Summer  Feeding 
The  importance  of  supplementing  pasturage  with  grain  is 
widely  under-estimated. 
This  is  due  to  the  change  from  winter  feeding  to  suc¬ 
culent  pasturage  which  produces  a  stimulating  effect  on 
all  of  the  secretory  glands,  resulting  in  temporary  increased 
milk  production. 
Unless  the  pasturage  is  properly  supplemented  with 
grain  the  increased  milk  production  will  draw  excessively 
on  the  body  tissues,  resulting  in  loss  of  flesh,  weakened 
vitality,  often  impaired  digestion  and,  sooner  or  later, 
decreased  milk  production. 
Even  on  good  pasturage,  cows  cannot  eat  enough  grass  to  provide 
them  the  required  nutrition.  Such  under-nourishment  when  cows 
are  on  pasturage  accounts  for  many  three  and  four  thousand-pound 
milk  cows  which  should  and  would  produce  from  five  to  seven  thousand 
pounds  per  year  if  the  pasturage  were  properly  supplemented. 
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With  its  use  correct  physical  condition  is  always  maintained,  more 
milk  is  produced,  and  cows  remain  in  condition  for  persistent,  profit¬ 
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When  off  pasture  the  same  results  will  be  obtained  by  feeding  a 
balanced  ration  composed  of : 
Red  Brand  TI-O-GA  Dairy  Feed 
to  be  fed  with  low  protein  succulent  roughage:  Silage, 
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To  add  any  other  feed  will  unbalance  the  ration;  the  results  will  not 
be  as  good  and  the  cost  of  production  will  be  increased.  This  is  true 
whether  the  addition  is  a  cheap  feed  or  high  concentrate. 
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Cross-breeding  Holstein  and  Ayrshire 
We  have  a  Holstein  dairy  and  want  to 
drift  into  the  Ayrshire  cows.  How  would 
an  Ayrshire  bull  be  at  the  head,  and  raise 
the  heifer  calves?  The  cows  are  all 
grades.  f.  s. 
J  Hodman,  X.  Y. 
The  proposition  of  mating  Holstein 
cows  to  an  Ayrshire  bull,  with  the  ulti¬ 
mate  aim  of  establishing  a  herd  of  Ayr¬ 
shire*.  would  not  result  satisfactorily. 
|  Cross-breeding  has  its  advantages  in  pro- 
|  ducing  beef  cattle  and  market  hogs;  but 
I  where  it  is  intended  to  carry  on  the 
progeny  for  breeding  purposes  one  would 
never  know  whether  the  offspring  would 
carry  Holstein  or  Ayrshire  characteris¬ 
tics.  The  better  plan  would  he  to  dis¬ 
pose  of  at  least  a  portion  of  your  Hoi- 
steins  replace  them  with  grade  Ayr- 
riiires,  or  purebred  Ayrshires,  as  the  cou- 
!  ditions  might  warrant,  and  then  maintain 
an  Ayrshire  bull  for  breeding  purposes, 
lu  this  way  you  could  raise  the  Ayrshire 
calves  from  the  grade  Ayrshire  cows,  and 
Veal  the  progeny  resulting  from  the  Ayr- 
shire-Holstein  grades.  No  doubt  you  can 
go  among  your  herd  of  Holsteins  and 
cull  out  half  of  them  that  are  lower  pro¬ 
ducers  than  the  remaining  half,  and  grad¬ 
ually  work  into  Ayrshires.  as  proposed. 
Combining  Ayrshire  and  Holstein  char¬ 
acteristics  in  the  manner  proposed 
would  only  result  in  the  establishing  of 
an  indiscriminate  herd,  and  would  not 
enable  you  to  achieve  the  desired  results, 
riven  though  it  would  take  longer,  there 
would  be  a  distinct  advantage  in  pur¬ 
chasing  some  Ayrshire  calves  and  carry¬ 
ing  them  on  to  maturity,  yet  keeping  the 
Holstein  herd  to  supply  the  milk  during 
rhis  interval.  I  am  sure  that  I  would  not 
cross-breed  Holsteins  to  establish  a  foun¬ 
dation  herd  of  Ayrshires. 
Feeding  a  Family  Cow 
Ours  is  an  old  family  cow,  high-grade 
Jersey,  with  just  a  trace  of  Durham 
blood.  She  is  large  and  a  very  hearty 
hay  eater.  She  is  a  fairly  heavy  pro¬ 
ducer,  giving  from  35  to  40  lbs.  of  milk 
while  fresh — something  over  8,000  lbs. 
for  a  year.  She  will  be  dry  in  a  week  or 
two  now.  At  present  I  am  feeding  her 
bran,  1  lb.  12  oz. ;  cottonseed,  14  oz. ; 
ground  oats,  14  oz. ;  a  little  salt,  twice  a 
day,  and  all  the  goo<j  mixed  hay  she  will 
eat.  I  do  not  want  to  feed  the  cotton¬ 
seed  meal  when  she  goes  dry.  What  is 
best  to  feed  her,  and  how  much?  I  plan 
she  will  be  dry  about  six  weeks,  judging 
from  former  years’  performance.  When 
she  freshens  can  I  improve  on  the  ration 
by  substituting  gluten  meal  for  the  oats, 
or  adding  it  to  the  other  grains,  and 
what  will  be  the  best  proportion?  The 
cow  is  about  13  or  14  years  old.  She  has 
always  been  rather  difficult  to  dry  off,  but 
last  season  her  pasture  tvas  very  poor  and 
she  has  uot  yielded  so  well,  and  I  will 
have  4io  difficulty  in  giving  her  a  full  six 
weeks’  rest.  Only  once  before  in  the  five 
years  that  we  have  had  her  have  I  been 
able  to  do  this.  o.  s.  p. 
Fair  Haven,  Yt. 
It  is  often  a  difficult  matter  to  dry  off 
persistent  milkers,  yet  it  is  absolutely 
necessary,  especially  with  family  cows, 
that  they  be  given  a  satisfactory  rest 
period.  Otherwise  the  milk  is  very  apt 
to  take  on  an  unpleasant  flavor,  particu¬ 
larly  as  the  time  for  freshening  ap¬ 
proaches.  Perhaps  the  most  satisfactory 
ration  to  fed  a  dry  coav  during  the  Win¬ 
ter  consists  of  equal  parts  of  corumeal. 
ground  oats,  wheat  bran  and  linseed  meal. 
This,  together  with  clover  or  Alfalfa  hay, 
makes  an  ideal  combination.  If  the  com¬ 
bination  of  linseed  meal  and  Alfalfa  and 
clover  hay  produces  undue  laxativeness, 
then  the  amount  of  linseed  meal  can  be 
reduced  to  10  per  cent.  IIoAvever.  flesh 
that  is  put  on  during  the  dry  period  as 
the  result  of  feeding  a  ration  of  this 
nature  enables  the  cow  to  produce  milk 
of  normal  quality  during  her  next  lacta¬ 
tion  period. 
Many  share  your  belief  that  cottonseed 
meal  should  not  be  fed  during  the  dry 
period,  but  all  are  of  the  opinion  that 
linseed  meal  is  a  safe  ingredient  to  sub¬ 
stitute.  Feed  her  enough  of  this  mix¬ 
ture  to  gain  in  flesh  ;  but,  for  fear  that 
milk  fever  might  result  at  freshening 
time,  reduce  the  amount  of  grain  fed  just 
previous  to  aud  following  calving.  As 
freshening  time  approaches,  limit  the  ra¬ 
tion  largely  to  a  mixture  of  bran  and 
oats. 
If  you  have  difficulty  in  drying  this 
cow  off  as  her  lactation  period  ends,  re¬ 
member  that  taking  away  all  of  the  grain 
and  feeding  her  exclusively  on  Timothy 
hay  or  its  equivalent  will  help  very  ma¬ 
terially.  If  she  is  on  pasture  it  may  be 
necessary  to  keep  her  in  the  stable  until 
the  milk  flow  is  under  control.  It  is  al¬ 
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