Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-03-19
some Hints for Feeding.

The feeding Of COW during inc
winter must necessarily be ceify upon
dry fodder, as hay, corn stalks, ect
W. Il cured corn fodder is but little
inferior to the best bay, which Is
clover. Timothy hay is not so gooo
for milk as g cd corn fodder Blue
grass and red top hay is better then
timothy, and about a. good as goou
IN fodder that has b en- cut before
it has become dry or frosted Mixed
meadow hay with about one hall
clover, is better still, and orchard
grass and clover in equil parts IS ye'
better. while well made hay from
cl,xer cot when in bl, ssom, - the
ve,v best fodder for a COW, The stalks
Of the small catly kinds of sweet corr
on. when the corn is 10 the sta'e IN
which it is used for cooking or can
ming, i, quite equal in value to the
best clever hay. But a CIV requires
s,me grain food to give quality and
,ichn essto milk. And this usuallo
oo,stnnt OF corn, oats, rye, and bran
or middljucs. A MIXTURE Of these Is
better than any one, because with o
mixture one can get precisely what Is
needed. while any one Of these will
furnish only a part, Cotton seed meal
is now very much used for feeding
COWS, and it is most valuable ana
should be added to whatever mixture
"a made, The result Of years Of expert
epca with dairymen has established
co,nmeel as he principal feeding subs
stance. and coarse wheat m'ddings'
or re bgan. or b.;b; As the best add
ton 10 it. A portion of cotton seeo
meal is then added TO complete IT,
The mixture is best m de by grim
ding It together with the corO' as
follow. One hunir,d pounds Of corr
100 pound. of rye brar, 100 pounds
of wheat m'ddliDgs. and 100 pounds
Of cotton seed meal. By grinding
49,. ...o,her tho co.n ismuch fnei
and the whole is better mixed. ms
makes an excellent aud itch feed o
which six quarts or ten pounds d lily
will be high feeding for cow. There
will be then two and Oue-half pounds
Of each of the materials in the daily
aLowence, aud more than this OF the
cotton seed meal might not be advls'
able, as it is very r:c': To feed with
this. five pounds of oats or corn ted
der. cut in a fodder cutter into chat,
Is weued in q box, aud two quarts Of
the mixed meal is added and the
whole stirred and given for one meal
At noon two quarts Of the meal can
be given dry with a small quantity
of dry hay or fodder, not cut. AT
ns.ht a umilar, feed to that Of the
morning is given. The days feeding
Will then be ten pounds of meal aud
about twelve pounds Of hay. If less
mel is givep, twice as much hay
should be substituted as the meal Is
les.eped. Some other equivalent ra-
lions hicb may he found more con'
yenient snl will be nearly or quite as
good, are given below: One huodred
pounds Of com, so pounds Of oats,
100 pounds Of iye; or,
One hundId pounds Of corn, 81
pUul ds Of oa 5, 100 pounds Of rye; or'
Que Lundied pounds OF corO, lou
pounds Of rye, so pounds of wnea'
bran; or,
Ore bundled pounds of hominy
waste, 100 pounds Of wheat middling
80 pounds oe cotton seed meal; or,
Ooe hundred pounds Of corn, 200
pounds OF bran or sharps, 100 pounds
OF cotton seed meal.
-'IfItIs inconvenitnt TO do more
then grind the corn. it SHOULD be
made as fire as possible,