Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-12-13
Grains for Dairy Cows.

Under this head may be classed the
cereals and their by-products, and Ger.
tain other seed as cottonseed, haxseed,
etc. OF the grain feeds corn is the
more universal. The New Jersey sta.
ton estimated that the feeding value Of
a ton of corn is 81 greater when fed in
the form of meal than when fed whole,
deduction being made for the additional
cost of husking and grinding. Determi.
nations showed that 81 3 per cent Of the
corn feed on tho ear passed through the
animal undigested. At the Pennsylva-
mia station the feeding value of the corn
was about one, fifth greater than that Of
bran as an exclusive grain diet for the
production of butter fat. At the Ohio
station cows on corn meal produce slight
ly more milk for the food consumed than
those on bran and linseed meal. Those
on the latter ration produced milk with
the largest fat content, but this may
have been a matter of individuality, as
the grain ration was not changed.
The Maine station found that wheat
meal, pound for pound, furnished more
food than corn meal, and noticeably
more digestible protein. When wheat
can be bought at about the same price
as corn it is more economical grain to
buy. 1t is more valuable than corn to
feed with hay or such grains as barley
aud oats because richer in portein. A
slightly larger yield was obtained when
oats we're fed than when bran was fed,
but the differences we're not sufficiently
large for one to say that oats have
greater feeding value than bran At the
Wisconsin station linseed meal gave a
slightly better result than corn meal or
wheat bran, and the last two feeds gave
practically the same results. Under the
condition ordinarily existing in that state
linseed meal should only be fed in
small quantities. to COWS, the bulk Of the
grain ration being made up of cheaper
grains or refuse products from them
Among the more or less successful
dairy feeds are certain by-products OF
starch and cereal food manufacturing
plants. These are known as gluten
feeds. oat feeds, etc At the Massachu-
sets State station, the nutritive effect OF
the gluten meal was found to be slightly
higher than that Of an equal weight Of
linseed meal Vermont station found
that gluten meal has considerably great.
or feeding value, pound for pound, than
equal parts of corn meal and bran, and
about the same feeding value as corn
germ feed
At the Pennsylvania station results
indicate that for milk and butter produc-
ton dried brewers grains and buck
wheat middlingS are equally valuable
when fed judiciously as part of a bal
anced ration. So far as could be OBJ
served neither of these foods produced
detrimental effect upon the flavor or
quality of the milk and butter. The
Massachusetts State station found brew
ers grains an excellent substitute for
wheat bran in diet for mich COWS.
Tennessee station states that properly
used cottonseed bulls are a valuable ad-
dition to feedstuffs for mich COWS "We
recommend as much as Is pounds of
cottonseed bulls in the daily rat ion per
1000 pounds live weight A larger pro-
portion has caused a weakening of the
digestive powers evidenced in some cases
by tendency to diarrhea, in others to
constipa ion" Cottonseed meal can 10
fed safely for periods as much as five
pounds per day per 1000 pounds live
weight, in the ration for COWS giving
milk For butter-making it is not ad-
visable to exceed three pounds daily.
AS the COW approaches the time for
oalving the amount of cottonseed meal
should not exceed three pounds daily.
The continued use of cottonseed bulls
AMI cottonseed meal, with no other food,
was found to be unsafe. The Missis-
sippi station states that one pound Of
cottonseed is equal to LII pounds of
corn and corn and cobmeal, or to So
pound o cottonseed meal. The Texas
station concludes that the use Of some
other g. ain feed with cottonseed meal is
more effective and economical than the
use of cottonseed meal and coarse food
alone. The use Of six pounds of cotton :
seed meal. when the only meal fed. o We
a larger profit and proved more effective
than the use of seven, eight or ten