DOUBLE DUTY THE BEST DAIRY FEED TABLES OF DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS [National Crtp ImproveaKnt S«rrlce.] farmer who has devoted his life- AND ENERGY VALUES A Made From Grain From Which the to the study of feeding generally A Dairy Ration Has Two Main Usts timp and Product. has more success through his common Human Food Values Have Life Compiled From Henry & Morrison, sense methods than any scientific [National Crop Improvement Service.] Been Taken. 1915 Edition, Massachusetts 1911 A ration is divided into two parts' analysis can supply. If such a feeder Annual Report, Pennsylvania 1. The part needed to maintain or could have on hand all of the inkeep By Prof. F. D. Fuller. Bulletin 114. the animal alive, [National Crop Improvement Service.] [National Crop Improvement Service.] The reason why the best dairy 2. The part needed to make nianufacture), which according to the d—Armsby Corrections feeds are less expensive than the same stored up material like wool, tat, market at the time would be more k—Kellner. grains on the farm is because the meat or milk. economical, he could, through his ex- Digestible Total principal elements of human food are Milk is roughly in solids, one-third perience, be very successful in mix •/. Pro- Nutri- Therms pf.v each casein (protein), fat and sugar. taken from these grains before., they ing his feeds. But the difficulty with Kind of Feed tein ment Energy The casein in milk can only be furnished are ever made into feed. The byproducts the average man is to maintain an Corn Meal (dry)'. 6.9 83.8 d76.6 *by the protein in the food. of cereal mills, glucose factories, economical ration from the products Corn & Cob Meal 6.1 78.1 165.2 The fat and sugar may be derived malt houses, etc., constitute of his own larm. Hominy Meal.... 6.3 S3. dST.Q from either protein, fat or carbohydrates. often more than 50 per cent of the He may be an expert, if he chooses Gluten Feed 21.8 80.7 (k68. total bulk of mixed dairy feeds of the to study .out a new. ration- every .time 73. If a cow has the ability to give 50 better class. the market changes, but he generally Gluten Meal.... 31.7 80. 74.& pounds of milk containing two pounds- prefers to let someone who makes a These oats, barley and corn. byproducts Certain-teed is a name which has Corn Bran. 5.8 73.1 ... are considered by experts in of casein, and only gets enough pro- business of mixing ieeds do it for him come thru the storm of business competition stronger Wheat .... 9.2 80.1 8276 animal nutrition as very valuable tein to make one pound of casein, No doubt the majority of users of Red Dog Flour. 14.8 79.2 than ever. It stands for quality, dependability, feed materials. After these cereals are then she will only give 25 pounds of mixed feeds begin to buy it because Flour Mid. 15.7 78.2 77.6 satisfaction and fair dealing*. On the reputation of ground in the manufactured-alcohol, milk* of a shortage of forage and grain Standard Mid... 13.4 69.3 57.6 balanced ration is one that has crops on the farm. for which the use is growing more important A this name there bas been built the world's largest Wheat Bran 12.5 60.9 d52.5 just the exact amount of protein, fat daily in the arts, the solid If such a man will keep books he manufacturer of roofing and building papers* Wheat Mix. Feed 12.9 67. and carbohydrates that the cow residue is dried in vacuo, and is then will find that as a usual thing the Oats 9.7 70.4 66.2 needs. Just what this is we cannot known as '.'dried grains." If made use of mixed stock feed is a mere matter Certain-teed Certain-teed Barley 9. 79.4 (k72.6 ever say exactly, because the amounts from corn, these grains contain on an of arithmetic whether he could 80.7 average of about 30 per cent crude vary from week to week and nc*two pUy the ingredients cheaper than he Malt Sprouts... 20.3 70.6 46.3 cows /lAlirfi are ai*A alike, nor Mi\n are feeds alike. protein and 10 per cent ferude fat. If AII ITA N HA could- buy them in a so-called "bal Roofing Brewers' Grains.*18.7 63.6 60. Paints and Varnishes made from rye, while valuable, they A practical ration is one that has anted" ration, Buckwheat 8.1 63.4 sufficient protein and enough total are of somewhat lower feed value. is the most efficient type of roof are good,reliableproducts made Buckwheat Mid.. 24.6 76.6 75.9 food to make the greatest amount of The barley residue contains over 70 for factories, office buildings, MUST TASTE GOOD. by experienced paint men who Cottonseed Meal. 33.9 75.6 73.7 milk without the cow losing weight. per cent more crude protein than [National Crop Improvement Service.) farm buildings, garages, etc. know how to Cottonseed Hulls .3 37. 15. make good paints A commercially successful ration is A dairy ration must, of all things, wheat bran and twice as much crude and varnishes. Linseed Oil Meal 30.2 77.9 78.9 the one that makes the most milk or be palatable so that a cow will eat it. It costs less to buy, less to lay fat. In fact, their food value is Beet Pulp—dried 4.6 71.6 60. profit, keeps the cow healthy and enables It must be bulky and coarse so as to largely increased by the' process. and less per year of life than These men have at their com* Corn Dist. Grains 16.2 67.6 67.5 the use of the most roughage. All these products are widely used avoid indigestion and sickness. It other types of roofing. It does mand all the machineiy, equipment, Rye 9.9 81. All the hay and ensilage .. cow can by the best dairy feeders and are relied must contain a variety of foods so not rust, is proof against gases, materials and resources Rye Dist. Grains. 8.4 48.1 43.2 eat will keep her alive and make upon very extensively in milk that the cow will not tire of it or get coal smoke, acids, fumes, etc. necessary to manufacture goo4 CORN FODDER about 15 pounds of milk. Any more production. There is no doubt of the off her feed. It must contain enough It is a non-conductor of heat paints and varnishes ecoiioit}ically. Fod., med. dry. 3.1 53.7 d30.5 milk has to come from grain or grain fact that if the supply of these products real protein—all protein is not alike. and cold, is fire retardant and Fodder, wet.... 2.2 39.9 24. They also have at their feed. were radically limited or entirely It must contain the right amounts weather-proof. Stover, med. dry 2.1 46.1 32.5 disposal the extensive selling The farm can usually raise carbohydrates exhausted, it would have a serious effect and kindB of mineral substances necessary Stover, wet.... 1.4 33.9 24.18 cheap in the form of hay and organization and warehouse upon the milk production to life, health and milk secretion. The cost of laying prepared HAYS ensilage, and, outside of clover, peas, system of the Certain-teed Products throughout the country and the It must be highly digestible. roofings is the same whether Timothy Hay... 3. 48.5 d41.9 etc., protein can usually be bought dairymen would have one more burden Many feeds are only about fifty to Corporation, which materially you use good materials or poor. Alfalfa 10.6 51.6 d30.4 cheaper than it can be raised. added to their already overtaxed sixty per cent digestible and the work reduces the cost of distributing Therefore, it pays to get Red Clover 7.6 50.9 d39.93 The average price of protein feeds strength. of excreting so much waste matter is and marketing. CERTAIN-TEED, which is Clov.& Tim.,Mxd. 4. 46.2 40.6 with 20 per cent digestible protein Cottonseed meal is composed principally costly in that it uses up the energy of the best. It is guaranteed for GREEN GRASSES was about $25 to $35 per ton before The result is that CERTAIN* of the kernel, with such portion the food to do it. Alfalfa 3. 14.6 12.45 5,10 or 15 years according to the war, but the prices are much of the hull as is necessary in the TEED Paints and Varnishes Red Clover 2.7 17.1 .16.17 (1, 2 or 3 ply), and higher now, while hay (clover) with thickness manufacture of oil. Cottonseed meal, are high grade products, sold at SUCCESSFUL FEEDING. Mixed Hay .... 2.2 17.7 .... 6% per cent digestible protein has if choice, must contain at least 41 per it will remain efficient long after lower prices than you would [National Crop Improvement Service.] Timothy 1.5 22.2 19.08 It is most significant and probably cent crude protein. It is one of the been rated at. $10 per ton, so the protein the time when a poor quality roof expect to pay for good paints ROOTS AND SILAGE the best argument for mixed feeds feed at $40 would furnish protein richest of all feeds in this substance would have had to be relaid. and varnishes. Sugar Beet ... 1.2 14. kl6.9 when it is considered that a large about the same as clover at $10. and carries about 8 per cent crude For residences, CERTAIN-TEED Potatoes 1.1 17.1 18.05 number of the most prominent and We guarantee CERTAIN-TEED fat. On account of its extreme concentration Slate Surfaced Asphalt Shingles have Taints and Varnibhes to give satisfaction. Rutabaga 1. 9.4 8. skilled men in America have discarded it can be fed only in limited DIFFERENT COWS, DIFFERENT all the advantages of CERTAIN-v Whether you do your own Mangels .8 7.4 4.62 their own mixed feeds and quantities and always in conjunction FEEDS. TEED Roofing, plus artistic beauty. painting or hire a professional painter rations because they have found a Silage 1.1 17.7 16.56 with some products to furnish They need no p2int,are pliable,eliminate [National Crop'Improvement Service.] you will find it to your interest to see No suggestions that we can offer satisfactory brand of feed which will bulk. This meal is an important waste and misfits, cannot that you get CERTAIN- nor any other formula that can be make as much milk at less cost and curl,buckle,rot or crack. ingredient in many manufactured STRAW SHOULD BE SPREAD. TEED. made can be followed to the letter as no trouble and, above all, keeps cows Guaranteed for ten years. feeds. [National Crop Improvement Service.] dealer can sell you The feeding value of straw being a druggist follows the prescription of in perfect health. Investigate CERTAIN-TEED CERTAIN-TEED Paints and comparatively low, and the fertilizing a physician. Feeds vary in their nu Many agricultural schools and experiment before deciding on any type varnishes. It he does not HOME MIXED FEEDS. of roof. For sale by dealers carry them in stock he can value being high, all straw should be tritive values, some being better than stations use and have used everywhere. get tbem for you. (National Crop Improvement Service.] spread upon the fields and not burned the average and some not as good, When a man undertakes to mix his them for the same reason. CERTAIN-TEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION or wasted. The use of straw to prevent and cows vary in their ability to digest You can verify this by writing to own rations, what does he do? He winter-killing of wheat is now and transform nutriment. These buys straight feeds. Take cottonseed any experiment station and they will General Roofing Mfg. Co, Gregg Varnish Co. well established. conditions make it necessary for the give you the names of mixed brands meal as a common example. There Mound City Paint A Color Co. feeder to use a good deal of judgment, which are best adapted to your purpose. are a great many different grades of New York Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Boston and not follow too blindly the suggestions Cbnlud Pittsburgh Detroit cottonseed meal, and .the man who is THE DAIRY RATION Buffalo San Francisco Milwaukee Cincinnati New Orleans Los Angeles Minneapolis of others. Any good stock feed looking for a low-priced feed is sure Kan*a« City Seattle •lis Atlanta Richmond Naslmlla is recommended as a base, to be. supplemented Grand Rapids to get a low grade. The demand for FIVE POUNDS OF MILK ON ONE Dee Moines Honston Feeding Tables Hard to Follow on Dahtfc London Sydney Havana by home-grown roujfifage cheap feeding ingredients has caused POUND OF GRAIN. Account of Variation of [National Crop Improvement Service.] the quality to be gradually whittled Ingredients. C. H. Packard, of Delavan. Wisconsin, down. Consequently the farmer CONCENTRATES FOR RATIONS (National Crop Improvement Service.] a progressive and practical dairyman, Subscribe for The Press nearly always works with feeds which For many years feeders have endeavored was not satisfied with his ration are poorer than he believes them to to use so-called standard Taken From an Article by E. S. Sav of home-grown feed. Although he be. He does not get adequate, state tables showing the theoretical number age, Prof^sspr of Animal Hus mixed his ration with brains and it protection because inspectors do not of pounds each of so-called digestible seemed to be theoretically correct, he bandry, New York College go to a farmer's barn to draw samples, protein, fats and carbohydrates. thought he would try out his own of Agriculture. and even if they did, it would be These methods are fatally mixture in comparison with a first hard to get a complete chain of evidence. [National Crop Improvement Sprvice. defective for the following reasons: class dairy feed. Much to his surprise A good rule to follow in all rations First, the tables call for so much he fouiiti that" hp could save about i8 to have at least three plants represented A farmer has no facilities for having digestible food. If there was such a five lbs. of grain pf.r cow pf day and in the ration. There are seven his feed analyzed and he doesn't thing as digestible food it might furnish nearly 5 cents per cow. He figured factors which should be considered: know what, he is working with. The a basis to go by, but digestible (1) Bulk, (2) Digestibility. (3) Rela his own grain at prices much below analyses of mixed feeds costs about food is really apparently digestible the wholesale market and bought his tion between the digestible protein ten cents per ton, and if every farmer food, in that it disappears in the body. mixed feed at retail. and carbohydrates and fat, (4) Vari will read the various bulletins from Just what use is made of it is not always Also when his ration was figured according ety, (5) Suitability of the feeds to t.h»animal the agricultural colleges he will soon clear. Some of it turns into gas, and product, (6) Payability(7) to Armsby or Energy method know those brands which can be de some is converted into heat, and much Cost. his mixed feed proved to be the right pended upon. There is no doubt that of it is used in the labor 9f digesting As an example, choosing the cheapest combination to make a balanced ration at the present prices of grain any and handling the food. In the case with his own farm roughage. feeds relatively, considering manurial farmer can save money by selling his of straw and similar material, nearly values, suitability and all. we cereal crops and buying mixed feed all of its energy is used up in the would recommend the following mixture EXPENSIVE PASTURE. Cornmeal, oil meal and cottonseed labor of digesting it, leaving little or of ferains as suitable for dairy [National Crop Improvement Service.] meal are all high, but the by-products no net gain. Straw should be returned When you stop to consider that an cows at present prices:' HUNDREDS OF" PAIRS OF1 of barley and rye are all more reasonable to the soil. Take two samples acre of pasture will feed a cow, but 600 pounds distillers dried grains in price. of dried barley grains, each containing that that same acre wilFraise ten tons 400 pounds gluten feed. Corn has become costly largely due 300 pounds wheat bran or twewera the same amount of digestible of silage during the time- the cow is dried grains. to the demand for pork and beef. food, and one will give twenty more feeding on it, it would seem that a 400 pounds hominy feed. Americans will have those meats at 300 pounds cottonseed or oil meal. therms or heat units than the other. grass cafeteria would be the most ex almost any price. This puts com on FOR SUMMER One hundred pounds of digestible pensive way to feed your stock. SALT FOR CATTLE. a meat basis, and the dairy, business food derived from roughage is about [National Crop Improvement Service^],, will h^ve to fall back on the by-products equal to eighty pounds derived from MORE FEED, MORE MILK. Professor Henry says that a cow of grains. grain, so if we add together things requires three-quarters of an ounce [National Crop Improvement Servicc.] Cows of a. decided dairy type will which are unlike, we get no tangible per day per 1000 lbs. of weight and return the greatest profit when fed GIVE COWS PLENTY OF WATER. results. It is like adding so many six-tenths of an ounce per day jjer 20 Hot weather-coming you will need a to their full capacity.—Nebraska Experiment [National Crop Improvement Service.] pounds to so many gallons. So, Indigestible lbs. milk. Therefore, a cow which When cows are in full milk they require Station. ir of basis of iiguring rations is weighs 1200 lbs. and gives 30 lbs. milk plenty of water. It is stated very inaccurate. The correct way is, should have. l?§ ^ynce salt. It must authoritatively tlraf%Jws iir full flow oes of Suppers to wear with light first, to ascertain how mucll protein be remembered,' however, that salt is Ordinarily, silage will correct the of milk will consume 50 per cent fv and energy a cow needs to sustain generally included in high-grade dairy tendency to costiveness. When it is more water than when dry. summer dresses. !#f', life and keep weight. You can get feeds: It is well to give cows access not. sufficiently effective for this purpose, this from your experiment station, to extra salt. They will take what add enough old process oil meai Poor feed sells to poor feeders. and ascertain how much is necessary their roughage demands. to keep the droppings moderately We have them with high or low heels to make one pound of milk of a certain soft, but not necessarily loose. Usually Only that part of the feed that digest fat test, and then feed her as in all the newest lasts. THE PRICE OF FEED. all that is needed is to increase is of use—the rest is mostly fertilizer much protein and energy as is needed the allowance of concentrates. material. [National Crop Improvement Service.] Feed is handled on a smaller margin to maintain her and supply food for as many pounds of milk as she can than coal, ton for ton. The retail There are always two sides to every No protein—no casein no casein— make. ee ealer who buys in carload lots question. If the government insists Ladies9 High Shoes in Canvas or Kid Leather, no milk not enough protein—not so This is a very difficult problem can sell as cheap as the manufacturer on more bran in flour, bossy .will have $3.50 to 910.00 a pair. much milk also not enough feed—not and few can do it, and we challenge can in less-than-carload lots, the dif- to turn to still more artificial bran so much food. ference in freight rates being the any two men to tackle the same problem dealer's gross profit. In nearly every Wheat bran is a dear feed. Barley under the same conditions and Foods with the highest protein and Ladies' Pumps and Slippers in Canvas or Kid arrive at the same result. nstajice, a^ group of farmers can or- and rye by-products are more ecoder highest analysis are usually but not their feed, through a dealer, in nomical. We cannot tell unless we try to find Leather, $1.00 to $6.00 a pair. always the cheapest to use. carloads and make a material saving. out that a cow will not give more The difference in freight alone will milk on more feed/ or maybe as much Poverty holds a mortgage on the Cows won't make milk out of water show a good profit. milk on less tern. $o feeding is largely rfeeder who can see nothing but the and air. Children's Slippers or Shoes in Canvas or experimental, as ho two cows are price. Some feeds are 4s cheap at $50 Take the chill off the drinking water alike. as other at $25 per ton. Leather, 65c to $2.00 a pair. [National Crop Improvement Service.] in cold weather and cows will drink Starchy feeds like corn and oats However, the law of averages will more and produce more. hold, and the feeder can save all this often sell as high as protein feeds because When you buy hay for cows it usually of the demand for them, for trouble and much loss by feeding a costs more than grain by-products, Don't figure too fine on rations, Let us show you this seasons most ration which his experiment station horses and other work animals. although it costs half as much Be liberal but don't overfeed. You has in most cases made, say three to Starchy feeds are also gopd to fatten per ton. dainty styles at most reasonable prices can kill all of your profit by feeding four pounds of milk for e^ch pound steers. That is why they are often as more than the cow can assimilate. of mixed feed. high in price as dairy feeds, which axe [National Crop Improvement Service.] It is a fair assumption that any There is one thing certain. The strong in protein. Tbe'Sra^ST'd^teed 1. i"""" TlT.mSl farmer who talks against mixed mU[ea feeds "You Can Always Do Better*' more solids and fat in the milk, the more feed needed per pound of milk. [National Crop Improvement Service.] important/ Two men at mayhavTthe ""J"" Home-grown grains can often be profitably me ought to be. There is no danser of So, a good mixed feed which is properly O. M. traded for protein feeds. While combinad and all the roughage monev the othpp'faiT6 S°°d any buying a fraudulent feed. The man I .- oats are generally demanded for horse sunnos'ed to hp teJrtin w^Ile ?oth state laws are very stringent on this Bhe will eat will greatly simplify your are "'V. feed, they are nearly always too expensive feeding problem and a very little experimenting system and the same8 tables16 P°Int man,has any doubt 8ame and if for dairy feed. Oats by-products, tables, as to the value of a feed, all he has will soon show you how "The Store of Quality however are very useful for to do is to write his State Experiment much concentrates each cow needs to bulk. I Station and get' the truth. produce a maximum yield