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Building  Up  Herd 
I  have  taken  charge  of  a  dairy  farm 
I  and  am  going  to  try  to  improve  a  herd 
|  of  cows  and  also  increase  the  number, 
i  There  are  10  in  the  herd  at  present,  nine 
j  are  in  milk  and  one,  a  well-developed 
j  heifer.  There  are  two  registered  Guern¬ 
seys  and  the  remainder  are  grade  Guern¬ 
seys.  They  are  a  very  good  lot  of  cows 
but  have  been  fed  to  just  keep  them  over 
Winter.  They  are  in  good  flesh  and  look¬ 
ing  well.  The  milk  flow  is  rather  small, 
running  from  three  to  four  quarts  at  a 
milking.  We  have  no  silage  and  for 
roughage  are  using  clover  hay,  shredded 
corn  fodder  and  green  rye  and  some 
l  grass.  The  man  who  fed  these  cows 
j  during  the  Winter  used  a  feed  that  the 
j  miller  fixes  up.  It  is  composed  of  the 
I  following  ingredients  :  400  lbs.  cottonseed 
I  meal.  400  lbs.  bran.  400  lbs.  ground  oats 
and  800  lbs.  corn  bran.  That  does  not 
i  look  very  good  to  me.  The  last  feed  I 
!  got  had  400  lbs.  of  the  800  lbs.  of 
corn  bran  to  be  filled  with  cornmeal. 
The  ton  cost,  delivered,  ,$47.50.  What 
I  want  to  know  is,  how  to  fix  up  a  feed 
if  it  is  possible  with  present  conditions, 
to  get  more  milk  and  cream.  I  sell  cream. 
The  cows  begin  to  freshen  during  the 
Summer.  We  can  get  bran,  cornmeal, 
linseed  meal,  ground  oats,  and  probably 
other  feeds.  If  the  above  feeds  will  do 
I  can  get  them  the  easiest.  We  have  a 
new  silo  and  expect  to  use  silage  and 
mangels,  cow-pea  hay,  shredded  corn 
silage  and  legume  hay.  Where  mangels 
are  fed  in  conjunction  with  silage  then 
the  use  of  25  lbs.  of  mangels  per  cow  per 
day  is  sufficient.  However,  you  will  find 
that  an  acre  of  corn  will  produce  more 
dry  matter  at  less  cost  than  the  same 
area  given  over  to  mangels.  Only  the 
high  producing  cows  will  respond  to  a 
combination  of  silage  and  mangels.  With 
test  cows  it  is  wise  to  decrease  the 
amount  of  silage  and  increase  the  man¬ 
gels,  especially  where  the  cows  are  con¬ 
suming  a  relatively  large  amount  of 
grain.  If  the  capacity  of  your  silo,  how¬ 
ever,  is  sufficient  to  provide  succulence 
for  your  entire  herd  during  the  season 
when  they  are  on  pasture  my  advice  is 
to  eliminate  the  mangels  and  rely  upon 
the  silage  for  succulent  feed. 
Figuring  a  Ration 
Please  tell  me  the  exact  proportion  of 
protein,  carbohydrates  and  fat  needed 
in  a  balanced  dairy  ration.  We  mix  our 
own  feed  of  Brewers’  grains,  bran,  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal,  and  cob-meal.  We  are 
puzzled  what  proportion  to  use  of  each, 
with  silage.  Timothy  hay,  and  cornstalks. 
What  is  the  average  analysis  of  cob- 
meal?  Of  ground  oats?  d.  e.  pi. 
New  Jersey. 
Cornmeal  and  ground  oats  will  yield 
about  10  per  cent  of  protein  ;  if  the  cobs 
are  ground  with  the  meal  only  8  per  cent 
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This  is  Sally  Dartmouth,  No.  15586,  a  fine  specimen  of  the  Devon  breed,  owned 
by  E.  H.  Marshall,  Velvet  Rock  Farm,  Hanover,  N.  H. 
fodder,  and  clover  hay  next  Winter.  Can 
you  give  the  amount  of  mangels  in  con¬ 
nection  with  silage  and  also  what  other 
mill  feeds  for  Winter  ration  for  milk. 
Maryland.  c.  e.  t. 
For  grade  cows  now  maintained  under 
the  conditions  described  it  is  proposed 
that  concentrates  be  purchased  and  mixed 
in  the  following  proportions :  400  lbs. 
cornmeal,  200  lbs.  bran,  200  lbs.  gluten 
feed,  100  lbs.  cottonseed  meal,  100  lbs. 
linseed  meal.  This  combination  is  suit¬ 
able  for  cows  in  milk  and  should  be  fed 
in  proportion  to  the  daily  production  of 
each  cow.  It  is  intended  for  cows  under 
dry  lot  feeding  and  could  be  simplified, 
if  desired,  when  the  cows  are  turned  out 
to  pasture.  Modifications  would  not  be 
necessary  unless  it  were  found  that  the 
bran  and  linseed  meal,  when  fed  in  con¬ 
junction  with  the  washy  grass,  produced 
undue  laxativeness.  If  this  condition  de¬ 
veloped  a  ration  consisting  of  400  lbs. 
cornmeal,  200  lbs.  gluten,  100  lbs.  bran. 
200  lbs.  cottonseed  meal  should  be  sub¬ 
stituted.  The  ration  that  the  miller  has 
been  compounding  is  faulty  inasmuch 
as  it  carries  an  excessive  amount  of  corn 
bran,  and  substantially  all  of  its  protein 
traces  to  cottonseed  meal.  This  mixture 
would  not  be  palatable  and  the  cows 
would  be  likely  to  fail  to  produce  a  sat¬ 
isfactory  amount  of  milk.  There  is  noth¬ 
ing  to  be  gained  by  combining  ingredients 
in  this  fashion.  Either  select  one  of  the 
quality  brands  of  mixed  feeds  that  car¬ 
ries  24  per  cent  of  protein  and  a  mini¬ 
mum  of  10  per  cent  of  fibre,  or  purchase 
ingredients  of  standard  analysis  and  do 
your  own  mixing.  You  can  combine  the 
ingredients  at  home  quite  as  well  as  the 
local  miller  can  perform  this  function, 
and  then  you  know  exactly  what  ingredi¬ 
ents  constitute  your  mixture. 
Assuming  that  the  cows  are  to  go  dry 
during  the  early  Spring  and  that  they 
are  to  freshen  during  the  Summer  bear 
in  mind  that  it  is  very  important  that 
they  be  given  some  grain  during  their 
dry  period.  For  such  purposes  a  mixture 
consisting  of"  three  parts  of  corn,  two 
parts  of  oats,  and  one  part  of  linseed 
meal  is  recommended.  Feed  enough  of 
this  mixture  to  enable  the  cows  to  gain 
in  weight  and  improve  in  condition. 
You  are  wise  in  planning  to  grow  some 
average  conditions  a  20  per  cent  protein 
feed  seems  wise  and  economical.  Where 
Alfalfa  or  clover  hay  is  used  exclusively 
for  roughage  theu  a  concentrated  grain 
ration  carrying  from  1(5  to  20  per  cent 
of  protein  can  be  used.  Nevertheless, 
any  grain  mixture  intended  for  cows 
giving  more  than  30  pounds  of  milk  per 
day  that  does  not  carry  20  per  cent  of 
protein  is  comparable  to  running  a  six- 
cylinder  car  with  four  or  five  spark 
plugs  working.  With  the  several  grains 
mentioned  available  it  is  believed  that 
you  would  be  satisfied  with  results  that 
would  follow  the  use  of  the  followiug 
combinations:  Brewers’  grains,  200  lbs., 
bran  150  lbs.,  corn  and  cob-meal  400  lbs., 
cottonseed  meal  200  lbs.,  oil-meal  50  lbs. 
It  is  assumed  that  your  cows  are  out 
on  grass;  that  the  cottonseed  meal  car¬ 
ries  43  per  cent  of  protein  ;  and  that  the 
Brewers’  grains  are  not  vinegar  or  yeast 
grains. 
Feeding  Veal  Calf 
Would  like  to  have  your  opinion  in  re^ 
gard  to  the  best  fattening  ration  for  veal 
calves  without  the  use  of  milk.  Can 
powdered  skim  milk  be  used  as  a  sub¬ 
stitute  for  whole  milk?  H.  L.  j. 
New  Jersey. 
Where  calves  are  fed  milk  substitutes 
and  concentrates  rather  than  new  milk 
during  their  early  stages  of  growth  and 
development  it  is  not  possible  to  pro¬ 
duce  veal  of  desired  quality.  Flesh  re¬ 
sulting  from  this  method  of  feeding  really 
becomes  beef  aud  not  veal.  Therefore, 
if  you  desire  to  produce  genuine  veal  of 
the  texture  desired  we  know  of  no  bet¬ 
ter  plan  than  to  let  the  calf  suck  until 
it  reaches  the  desired  weight.  Powdered 
skimmed  milk  cannot  replace  new  milk. 
Little  Bobby,  who  had  been  playing 
with  a  neighbor’s  daughter,  came  sobbiug 
to  his  mother  one  day  and  declared  that 
his  playmate  had  pulled  his  liair.  “Why, 
Bobby.”  his  mother  gasped,  “I  thought 
she  was  such  a  nice  little  girl  that  she 
would  never  do  a  thing  like  that.  “So 
did  I,”  wailed  Bobby.  “That’s  why  I 
kicked  her.” — American  Legion  Weekly. 
