Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-02-24
THE FARM AND HOME.
TESTED RATioNs SUITABLE
FOR DAIRY COWS.
HEAVY Feeders Are Heavy Mixers Tile
nraiax aud Where 10 Pat Them
from WeARiR= Unth Market Farm
Nstss aaa Home Iiurs.


4 heavy mixer is also invariably
4 heavy feeder MIX cannot Be pro
dnced except al the expenditure Of
feed any more than growth or flesh
can Dc produced without feed IL
follows that ii we desire our COWS 20
De profitable mixers they must be
fcd well Nos the kind Of feed has
even greater influence on the pro-
auction 81 milk than 1t has on the
production Of aesh The ration must
contain large proportion Of protein
in order that il may supply the con
stituents Of the milk. writes &. G.
Georgeson ia Journal Of Agriculture,
Ordinary milk contains between thir-
teen and fourteen per cent solids
these solids are made up Of cheese
matter. fat and milk sugar The
cheese matter, or casein. Is almost
pure protein. and must be furnished
by the feed The fat IN the milk u
furnished partly from the fat In the
feed. bat chiefly by the breaking up Of
the protein In the feed eliminating
the nitrogen and combining the other
elements il its composition. carbon.
oxygen and hydrogen. ia 70 proper
tion ia which they appear ia fat
This explains Why COWS giving milk
DO 50 aaeh better when bran. shorts.
or oil meal, substances which are
rich ID protein. are added 20 the
feed The dAiryman who would get
the best returns from his coWs must
therefore see that their feed contains
the necessary elements OF nutrition.
ard il Is almost d equal Importance
that the feed should b. palatable II
must 20 down easily aud with rei-
ish. The more she can eat under
these conditions the better the re-
turn will Be- The New jersey ex-
pertinent station publishes the fol
lowing com bination % feeds among
those which have been successfully
tried there. Each ration IL intended
Tor one day aud the quantities given
are those suitable for q dairy cos
weighing 200 pounds
No lilo ihs corn stalks. lbs
curu meal. 3 lbs hominy meal. III.
wheat bran. lbs eotton-seed meal.
5 lbs roots
No ? 20 lbs clover hay. lbs
oats straw. lhs. corn meal. I lbs
malt sprouts. $ lbs. wheat bran. 3lbs
.inseed meal
No 8 - lbs corn stake. ; lbs
wheat straw. lbs dried brewers
grains, $ lbs wheat bran. lbs corn
meal. , lbs cotton seed meal
No & 10 lbs coru ensiiage. 6 lbs
malt sprouts. 4 lbs wheat middliugs.
lbs iinscei meal
No. ; % lbs corn stalks. rs
clover hay. lbs corn meal lba
dried brewers grains
No 6 ~ lbs corn fodder. lbs
dried brewers grains, 3 lbA corn
meal. 10 cotton seed meal.
No rs lbs o. corn stalks. : lbs
oIis straw, bs gluten feed. 3 he.
dried brewers grains. Tbs BUCK
wheat middling@
No SIS lbs clover has. & lba.
wheat straw. ; H.. corn meal. 8 lbs
malt sprouts. lbs liusccd meal.
No. a.-12 lbs clover has. 5 IS.
wheat bran. 5 lbl ground oats, 5
lbs corn meal
OF course the figures represent
the proportion in which the feed
should BE- mixed rather than the 40.
solute quantity that should 81 cate u
By each animal In this they are
only approximate. Each COW should
BE- given all she will cat. be- IL more
or less thai. Nhe weights here given.
Appetite is an individuality which
is not limited by weight