Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-13

SILAGE AN EXCELLENT
 FEED FOR CATTLE. Washington, D. C., May 12.-Silage is the main reliance of dairy farmers in many sections for COW feed, since it has been found to be particularly we'll adapted as feed in thisr connec- ton, is the statement contained in Farmers Bulletin 57S, United States Department of Agriculture: While sil- age is an excellent feed for dairy stock, it should be combined with some other leguminous feed, such as clover, COW peas, or alfalfa, owing to it's insufficient productive quality.
 The leguminous material Will tend to correct the deficiencies of the sil- age in dry matter, protein, and min eral constituents. A ration of silage and, say, alfalfa hay alone is satis- factory, 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 con centrated feed in addition to hay and silage, as they can not consume enough of these feeds to keep up large flow of milk and maintain body weight.
 The amount of silage to feed a 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 con stunned along with her hay and grain. Raise or lower the amount until the proper quantity is ascertained. Gen orally speaking, a good COW should be fed just short of the limit ot her appetite. If she refuses any of her feed it should be reduced at once. The small breeds will eat B or 50 pounds per day; the large breeds 40 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 butterfat produced. The hay will ordinarily range between and 12 pounds per COW per day when fed in connection with silage. For Holsteins 1 pound of concentrates for each 4 pounds of milk produced will prove about right. For Jerseys 1 pound for each 3 pounds of milk or less will come nearer meeting the requirements. 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 following rations will be found good:
 For a 1900 pound COW yielding 40 pounds of milk testing 3.5 per cent:
 Pounds. Silapa 40 Clover, 'cowpea, or alfalfa hay. 10 Grain mixture. re........-.-.-....--,--.--.. ID For the same COW yielding 20 pounds of 3.5 per cent milk:
 Pounds. Silage 40 Clover, cowpea, or alfalfa hay. } Grain re-.--....---.------.--..-.--.----- 3 For 9OO-pound COW yielding 30 pounds of , per cent milk:
 Pounds. Silage 30 Clover, cowpea, or alfalfa hay 10 Grain mixture e............-...----.----..--. Il For the same COW yielding To pounds of per cent milk:
 Pounds Silage ......................... 30 Clover, cowpea or alfalfa hay. $ Grain mixture ...-.....-.....-.-.----.--...-. 9 A good grain mixtue to be used in ration which includes silage and some sort of leguminous hay is com posed of:
 Parts. Corn chop ...........-.-....---.-.-s--.-..-. 4 Wheat bran ...........-----, z Linseed-Oil meal or cOttonseed
 meal .................-.--..-. 1