Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-18


fer to combine It with corn or corn and
cottonseed meal When feeding the two
first mentioned use two-thirds VeIVet
beans and one-third corn. When using
the three. combine in equal proportions
In feeding velvet beans with wheat
bran, we would use about six pounds or
beans to replace four pounds OF cotton
seed meal. Velvet bean meal, where the
bulls are excluded. contains about 20 per
cent of total protein. and you should
buy this material at a cost of $40 to
80 ga ton. while a good grade of cotton
seed meal will cost you $S5 to $40. We
would feed, therefore, ten TO twelve
mounds of bran and velvet bean meal
mixed in the proportion of four and SIX
giving equal amounts to your cow night
and morning along with suitable
roughage ration.
ECONOMICAL RATIONS FOR OUR
LIVE STOCK.
J. P L. waresborO, Ca, writes: have
n corn mill and figuring on making
horse and dairy feed. I have the corn but
will have to ship in the other ingredients.
1 will be glad II you will give me for
mula for making this kind Of feed.
A great variety OF rations can be fed
with success to dairy cattle. A very eX-
cellent ration for dairy cows may be pre-
cared by mixing together equal parts or
corn, cob and shuck meal, wheat bran
or chopped oats and cotton seed meal.
This constitutes a grain ration which
can be fed with satisfaction to a good
grade of dairy cows 1t will be found
excellent in the matter of sustaining a
good flow of milk for a relatively speak
ing, long period of time. 1t will not
prove profitable, of course. If fed to cows
which are naturally small producers or
milk and butter fat as this is a handicap
which can only be overcome by breeding
and the development of high yielding
individuals through selection.
The above ration should be fed at the
rate Of one to one and half pounds
per 100 pounds of live weight, depend
ing on the lactation. period and the ca
pacity of the cow as a dairy animal.
The grain should, Of course, be fed with
a small amount of dry roughage, such
les peavines or any other leguminous hay
will provide. In the absence of silage
feed about eight to ten pounds OF pea
vine hay and four to five pounds or
mixed hay, shredded slower or any other
coarse feed available on the farm. Where
silage can be had give about forty
pounds per day per 1000 pounds of live
weight. Small animals should not be fed
81 much and larger animals may be fed
somewhat more. You may. of course, use
ir ration for dairy cows as. much as
six pounds of corn or corn and cob meal
or seven pounds of corn, cob and shuck
meal with three pounds of cotton seed
meal. If you desire to mix these feeds
in larger quantities you can put in 700
pounds of corn, cob and shuck meal and
800 pounds OF cotton seed meal.
TREATING A CALF WITH sCOURs.
j. E. H., Hazlehurst, Ca, writes: l have
nice heifer calf that has the scours and
has had for a month. l tried strong salt
water but it did not do any good. Any
help Won can give me will be appreciated.
Scours- IS an effort of the bowels to
get rid of some irritating substance 1t
is a very common trouble with domestt-
| Gated animals It may be caused by bad
| food, by overlooking, by indigestible
/ food. a sudden change of food or the
boiling of the food. Sometimes there is
not enough digestive juices secreted to
\ digest the food. The first thing to do is
to locate the trouble and remove the
\ cause; therefore, the food should be
very carefully examined, and all moldy
or decayed food withheld from the ami
NAL. One-half Of one ounce of castor
oil combined with an ounce of laudanum
and given as a drench in Cruel is excel
lent for this trouble. Small quantities
| Of dried blood can also be used. About
teaspoonful should be given in diluted
milk or Cruel three times a day. In the
| case of calves the milk maybe diluted
with lime water and the animal fed fire.
| uuently, but small amounts at a time
Parched flour can also be added to boiled
] or sterilized milk Essence of ginger 'di-