Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16

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/ labor silage can be used for supple
4 menting pastures more economically
4 than can soiling crops, unless only
small amount of supplementary feed
is required Converting the corn
crop into silage clears the land sooner
than II the crop corn is shocked and
husked and because of these advan-
tages silage, in the general opinion
of dairy farmers has increased milk
production per cow and has increased
the profits per acre.
Should Be Combined with Other Foods.
According to farmers bulletin SIS
of the United States department of
agriculture which has just been is
sued, while silage is an excellent
feed for dairy stock, it should be
combined with some other legumin-
Gus feed, such as clover. COW peas, or
alfalfa, owing to it's insufficient pro-
ductive quality.
The leguminous material will tend
to correct the deficiencies of the
silage in dry matter, protein, and
mineral constituents. A ration of
silage and, say, alfalfa hay alone is
satisfactory, however, only for cows
which are dry or giving only small
amount of milk and for heifers and
bulls. Cows in full milk require
some concentrated feed in addition to
hay and silage as they cannot con-
sumo enough of these feeds to keep
up large flow of milk and maintain
body weight
Amount to Feed Cows.
The amount of silage to feed COW
will depend upon the capacity of the
animal to consume feed. She should
be fed as much as she will, clean up
without waste when consumed along
with her hay and grain. Raise or
lower the amount until the proper
quantity is ascertained. Generally
speaking, a good cow should be fed
just short of the limit of her ap-
petite If she refuses any of her feed
it should be reduced at once. The
small breeds will eat twenty-five to
thirty pounds per day; the larger
breeds forty or more; and the
medium sized ones amounts varying
between.
Ironclad directions for feeding
cows cannot be given. In general,
however, they should be supplied
with all the roughage they will clean
up with grain in proportion to but
terfat produced. The hay will ordi-
narily range between and II pounds
per COW per day when fed in connec-
ton with silage For Holsteins one
pound of concentrates for each four
pounds of milk produced will prove
about right. For Jerseys one pound
for each three pounds of milk or less
will come nearer meeting the re-
quirements. The grain for other
breeds will vary between these two
according to the quality of milk
produced. A good rule is to feed
seven times as much grain as there
is butterfat produced. The follow
4 ing rations will be found good;
For a 1900 pound COW yielding 40
pounds of milk testing 3.5 per cent;
Pounds
silage ..,.,.............. 40
Glover, cowpea, or alfalfa hay. 10
Grain mixture .................. ~
For the same COW yielding 20
pounds of 3.5 per cent. milk:
Pounds.
Silaee ................... 40
Glover, cowpea, or alfalfa hay. s
Grain mixture ................... B
For a 9OO-pound COW yielding 80
pounds of per cent. milk:
Pounds.
Silage ..................... 90
Glover, cowpea. or alfalfa hay. 10
Grain mixture .........-.......... IL
For the same COW yielding Is
pounds of per cent. milk;
Pounds.
. Siage ................-.--- 30
Glover, coWpea, or alIal1a nay.
Grain mixture .........s D
A good grain mixture to be used in
a ration which includes silage and
some sort of leguminous hay is COM
posed of: Parts.
Corn chop ...........-.........
Wheat bran acknowledgements
Linseed oil meal or cottonseed
meal ................-., ..-.'...'.'
In case the hay used is not of this
kind some of the corn chop may be
replaced by linseed or cottonseed
meal. In many instances brewers
dried grains or crushed oats may be
profitably substituted for the bran,
and ofttimes luten products can be
used to advantage in place Of bran
or oil meals.
Time to Feed Silase.
The time to feed silage is directly
after milking or at least several hours
before milking. If fed Immediately
before milking the silage odors may
pass through the cows body into the
milk. Besides, the milk may receive
some taints directly from the stable
air. On the other hand. if feeding is
done subsequent to milking the vo-
latile silage odors will have been
Thrown OFF before the next milking