The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

cow giving 40 pounds of milk.
Another recognized and accepted
fact is, that while a maintenance ra-
ton may be in large part, or even
entirely, composed of dry forage, as
hay, corn fodder and straw, for even a
moderate milk ration one-third, at
least, of the digestible nutriment
should be in some form of grain, while
with extra large mixers it is found
economical to furnish two-thirds Of the
nutrition in the grain ration. In gen.
eral practice it is quite common to find
forage ration of clover, alfalfa or
pea and oat hay, combined with timo-
thy or other grasses, sorghum or corn
fodder, that just about equals the
maintenance ration, with a ratio of 1
to 10 or II. All the animals in the
herd are fed approximately the same
amount of forage, with a combination
grain ration of which bran and shorts
form from 40 to 60 per cent of the
whole, mixed on the basis of 1 to 5,
this mixed grain being fed the COWS
at the average of about one pound of
grain for each two and one-half
pounds of milk.
One of the most successful feeders
I have met grew peas and oats togeth-
er, then made up a mixture of one
part corn, one of barley, one of rye,
one of peas and oats, one of bran,
one of shorts; to each ton of this mix
ture he added 100 pounds of gluten
meal, 100 pounds oilmeal. Cows Civ
ing an average of 20 pounds of milk
per day were fed six pounds of clo-
yer hay, night and morning, about six
pounds corn slower or TOUR to five
pounds timothy hay at noon, 10 pounds
of pulped rutabagas after milking in
the morning. The grain ration varied
from three to IL pounds per cow, &C.
cording to their production. The heif-
ers during their first period of lacta-
ton received a little extra. This ra-
ton was rich in protein, about to 5,
and some steers fed eight pounds to
the mixture, with 20 pounds of ruta-
bagas, 20 to 25 pounds of corn slower
and all of the oat straw they wanted,
were gaining two to two and one-quar
ter pounds per day. The average milk
production of the COWS was two and
one-half pounds of milk for each pound
of grain. The COWS were grade Short
horn; the milk tested 4 to As This
practice is in accord with the sugges-
ton of Prof. T. L. Hacker of the
Minnesota Experiment Station, who
gives as an illustrative ration for
cow producing 10 pounds of milk:
Glover hay, 10 pounds; fodder corn,
10 pounds; cornmeal, pounds; bar
leymeal, 2 pounds protein, 1.26; car
bohydrates, $685. fat, 0.41.
For cow giving Is pounds of milk
add to the above: Bran, pound-pro-
tein, 0.129; carbohydrates, O.40; fat,
O03; shorts, pound protein, 0.122;
carbohydrates, 0.50; fat, 0.04.
Total for Is pounds of milk: Protein,
Isl; carbohydrate, 1858; fat, 0.48
Adjusting the ration for any given
quantity of milk by adding one pound
bran, one pound of shorts for each five
pounds of milk.
Always bear in mind that any form
or kind of ration will secure the best
results when modified in harmony with
the tastes, habits and temper of the
animal to be fed, the cost of food, the
labor involved, and the price of the
product All these factors exercise an
influence upon results that may fire.
quently make a wide departure from
the STANDARD ration" both convenient