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DAIRY AND CREAMERY
By Prof. A. B. Nystrom, Dairy Instructor State College, Pullman, Wash.
(For any information regarding this department, write the above.)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Value of Carrots
Question: Will you kindly tell me
the value of roots, particularly car
rots for cows? Dr. P. W. W., Seat
tle, Wash.
Answer: Most of the root crops
contaiu a comparatively large amount
of carbohydrates, making them what
we call "wide" in their nutritive
ratio. They are good feed for dairy
cows, and to a certain extent take
the place of pasture or silage. Some
feeders claim that they can get larger
results from a ton of roots than from
a ton of corn silage, but this will de
pend somewhat upon the amount of
grain in the silage. Carrots contain
.8 pounds of digestible protein, 7.7
pounds of digestible carbohydrates,
and .3 pounds of digestible fat, giving
it a nutritive ration of 1:10.4. Car
rots or other root crops alone cannot
be counted on to produce milk
economically. They must be fed in
connection with hay, preferably a
legume hay, and some grain, such as
a mixture of oats and bran. A good
ration using carrots would be 12
pounds of alfalfa hay, 30 pounds of
carrots and eight pounds of grain
composed of equal parts of bran and
crashed vats. This is for a cow of
about 1000 pounds, giving 25 pounds
of average milk daily.
Ration for Cows on Bunch Grass;
Separators
Question: Will you please give me
a grain ration for milking heifers
that run on bunch grass? The pas
ture is good but I don't feed them
iv the barn at night. Would you
make a ration any different for an
older cow? Some of the heifers will
be fresh this spring; one has been
milking about two weeks and gives
about 25 pounds daily. I feed her
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one and one-half five-pound lard
buckets full of shorts and one bucket
full of bran twice daily. She is not
making any gain in milk, and seems
to be losing a little in flesh.
What cream separator would you
recommend for general use? J. G.
C, Box 112, Washtucna, Wash.
Answer: I would not feed an old
cow any differently from a young cow
unless the former was not able to get
around to eat the grass in the pasture
as well as the latter. The fact that
your cow is losing in weight, and just
about holding her own at the milk
pail, would suggest that she is not
getting sufficient feed. While bunch
grass is a nutritious feed, it does not
furnish all that is necessary for main
tenance and milk production. In
fact, I know of no green feed of
wtich a cow could eat sufficient
quantities to manufacture a large
amount of milk. I therefore suggest
that you allow the cow to eat some
hay, prefeiably alfalfa, at will; and
in addition feed grain twice a day ac
cording to the number of pounds
produced. The grain ration men
tioned is entirely too narrow. It
would be better to mix equal parts
by weignt of grou nd cats and bran,
feeding this in the proportion of one
pound of grain to every three pounds
of milk produced. We oftentimes
find it advantageous to feed young
heifers well so that they will not be
"run down" at the time of calving.
However, if your bunch grass pas
ture is of excellent quality, it is
probable that very little if any grain
will be needed by the heifer. For
about two weeks previous to freshen
ing it is well to feed a little bran—
this keeps the cow?s digestion in bet
ter shape, and practically insures her
cleaning'properly [after the ;is
born.
Any of the standard separators,
such as De Laval, Simplex, Sharpies,
United States, Empire, have given
satisfaction in our laboratories, and
when properly taken care of will last
from 10 to 15 years.
Question: Can you give me a
standard formula to mix whitewash
for barns and chicken houses? W.
E. S., Colfax, Wash.
Answer: A United States Govern
ment formula for making whitewash
is as follows:
"Take half a bushel of unslacked
lime, slack it with boiling water,
cover it during the process to keep
in steam, strain the liquor through a
One sieve or strainer, and add it to a
peck of salt, previously dissolved in
warm water, three pints of ground
rice boiled to a tnin paste and stir in
while hot. Add five gallons of hot
water to the mixture, stir well and
let stand for a few days, covered as
nearly air tight as possible. It can
be colored by adding ochre, lamp
black, ground keel or blueing to
suit."
A Balanced Ration
Question: Please (five me V bal
anced ration with alfalfa hay as a
base, and also with grain hay as a
biise. W. E. S., Colfax, Wash.
Answer: Alfalfa hay is by far the
best hay we can get for the dairy
cowTand if possible you ~Bhould~plan
THE RANCH
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&38 effect.if any, iron (rust) has on cream and butter. —~ Eg
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W&l even minute particles of iron (rust) caused <tfjtSxs \ »H
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111 ill I I II IWf I \"/l IY^ door jambs by means of malleable compound
IlllHl HI 111 I \jj j \\)r latches, as shown in the illustration. The doors do not
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IIIIh fill J \iP— jr Beal'n ß tne openings and making them absolutely air-tight.
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rliSlfl llii^ keeping in mind the many precious minutes that may be lost twice a day in
9 llWir" *Ty'm & '° °P an" s^u* some doors less easily handled. What is your feeder's
IllllllLr me worth at feeding time? Think it over.
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