The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-05
By NJ. A. NYE
Blue Valley Farm Service

By M. A. NYE
Blue Valley Farm Service
Any cow will give more butterfat
for the year if she is fed balanced
ration and enough feed for her capac-
ity throughout the year.
The average farm winter ration
lacks balance mainly because of lack
of protein feeds. Protein feeds of
the roughages are Alfalfa hay, clover
hay and soy bean hay, also sweet
clover which is better used for pas
ture than hay. For concentrates or
grain feeds, linseed oil meal, cotton
seed meal, gluten feed, soy bean meal,
bean and oats are protein feeds.
The following winter rations rec
commended by the Dairy Department,
University Farm, st. Paul are great
help to any dairyman, who is inter-
ested in feeding properly for greatest
returns.
Dairy Rations for Winter Conditions
The grain mixtures listed below are
based on low cost per unit OF pro-
tein and total digestible nutrients,
consideration being biven to palata-
bility, bulk, variety and physiological
effect.
The following substitutions can be
made, and vice versa, whenever ne
cessary or advisable without seriously
unbalancing these mixtures: oats in
place of wheat bran; ground barley
in place of corn; and soybean meal in
place of oilmeal. \
The use of alfalfa, soybean or clo-
yer hay will greatly decrease the
cost of the grain mixture. Silage OF
other succulence is desirable in all
rations. In case no silage is fed the
same grain mixture can be used, but
the results will not be as satisfactory.
Feed all the roughage cow will
eat. In addition feed the proper grain
mixture at the following rate:
(a) With a good roughage such
as alfalfa, soybean, or clover hay
feed to a Jersey or Guernsey, one
pound of grain to each 2k to 3
pounds of milk. To Holstein, Ayr
shire, Brown Swiss, or Shorthorn
cow, feed one pound grain for each
8 to 31a pounds of milk.
(b) With a poor roughage such
as timothy or wild hay, feed to a
Jersey or Guernsey one pound OF
grain for each two pounds of milk.
To Holstein, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss
or Shorthorn cow, feed one pound of
grain for each 21a to 3 pounds of
milk. /.
Group l.
When the roughage consists OF
corn silage and legume hay such as
alfalfa, clover, or soybean hay:
200 lbs. Oats, 100 lbs. Corn, 100
lbs. Barley.
200 lbs. Barley, 100 lbs. Oats, 100
lbs. Bran.
100 lbs. Corn, 100 lbs. Oats, 100
lbs. Bran.
Group Ii
When the roughage consists of corn
silage, and mixed hay, one half OF
which is leguminous, and the other
half tomothy or wild hay:
800 lbs. Oats, 100 lbs. Barley, 100
lbs. Bran, 100 lbs. Oil meal.
800 lbs. Oats, $50 lbs. Oil meal,
100 lbs. Barley, 100 lbs. Corn.
800 lbs. Oats, 800 lbs. Barley, 200
lbs. Oil meal.
Group Ill
When the roughage consists of
corn silage, and timothy hay, wild
hay, or corn slower:
200 lbs. Barley, 200 lbs. Oats, 200
lbs. Bran, $50 lbs. Oil meal.
400 lbs. Oats, 200 lbs. Oil meal,
100 lbs. Corn, 100 lbs. Barley.
$50 lbs. Oats, $50 lbs. Barley, 200
lbs. Oil meal.
Group "
For Dry Cows:
Good results in milk production are
possible only when the COW is in
good condition at the time of refresh
ing. Dry cows should be fed good
legume hay supplemented with grain.
A suitable grain mixture for this pur-
pose is two parts oats and one part
each of corn and barley. The last
week before freshening it is advisable
to cut the amount of grain to approx
imately one-half and feed equal parts
of oats and bran. This mixture
should also be fed for several days
after freshening.
Look to the Neckline When Plan
ming Dress-In planning the costume
one should choose the type or style
of neckline best suited to her individ-
ual type, no matter what the fashion
happens to be. The boat-shaped
neckline so long in vogue is diff
cult style for most of us to wear and
now we welcome the simple tailored
neckline which brings it closer to the
side of the neck and gives us more of
a choice of design in the opening it.
self,
In determining the neckline best
suited to an individual, one must an
alyze the lines Of the face. If one
has very round face than round
neckline would repeat and emphasize
the roundness and moon-shaped face