The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-04-11

actly the same course, and when you
are through you ought to have table
like this:
Matter BfS p isi9 n y5Fs9- Fat
i2 lbs. pea hay 1871 l29 A6l III
20 lbs. rye FODDER 45S OIL 2S2 0s
lbs. cornme $40 OPS 26l .l3|
4lbswheat bran 3.5l 04s I65 nj
40 @.@ 40 n.@ 1
\ There, you see. you have almost the
Aheoretioal tandard set by Aolff. 1t
is Va little short. however, prbohy.
brakes and dry matter, and, wish,
you Npn add pounds cotton hulls,
wbic6A when you have calculat pit out
and add Jed the resultY o the proper col
umns, WILL increase the dry matter to
"A Ii pc auds and the carbohydrates to
1881 po hads but will only add Oh to
the fat. Asking it 81 Of a pound, and
rs ss5 a.44 y pT5tsnS.a :.
- wth this aaaiA5 on you have praeti,
oAily theoretical fation for COW Of
200 pounds weigh giving milk. You
VIII see by reference ITO the table that
she requires almost as rich and nour-
ishing food. per 1909 pounds weight
as heavily workeRox; that is because
she is producing milk, as well as main
tanning the body heat and carrying on
the vital functions. Suppose, however.
your COW only weighs 800 pounds in
stead of 1000 you can economic by
giving her 80 per cent of each Of the
food stuffs, or 8 $40 pounds of pea hay
and ~ pounds Of rye fodder and so on
1t is not to b. understood that a ration
will not answer which does not strictly
coincide with VOLTS standards. These
standards are guide to help to "a
tiona feeding, and reasonably close
approximation to them is what is do
sired. The intelligent feeder will Of
course continue TO use his common sense,
Judgment and observation. Thus diff
ferent cows show a different capacity
to appropriate food and differ in the
amount of milk produced when in full
flow. Again while strict adherence
to the standard might produce the
greatest amount Of milk say, yet do
partnre from it might. under certain
conditions yield a better money return,
on account Of variations ia the price Of
feed nffs. OF course judgement and
common sense must always guide, but
other things being equal balanced ra-
ton is Of course to be always preferred.
A ration is said to be "balanced" when
the dry matter. the protein, carbohy-
drates and fat, are mixed together in
the proportions given by VOLTS stand
ards and to be unbalanced when it va.
ries considerably from those proper
tions There is always more latitude
| allowed for variation in the "dry mat.
ter" than in the other ingredients; a
ration may vary several pounds in dry
matter when made up from different
food stuffs and yet have approximately
the desi ed relation between the pro.
tein and carbohydrates. The protein
may vary say in the ration for milk
COW from 2.20 pounds to 2 u and still be
called balanced ration, the carbohy-
drates from II to IA pounds and the fat
from A to 100 pound in the dairy COW
ration and still be considered a bal.
anced ration. Still the experience Of
the most successful feeders is that
nearer the ration approaches the stand
ard. other things being equal, the bet
ter the results.
You will find both profit and intel
lectual exercise in figuring ont balanced
rations for your stock n long evenings
when you have nothing else to do.
will help you figure one more ration fol
your dairy cow and then leave You t
do your own dguring for the future.
Let us suppose you are caught with
out any hay or green food at all anc
only have on hand cotton seed meal
| cotton seed hulls and corn and col