Farm Notes

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43327, 19 May 1908, Page 1

Farm Notes

THB WjED-'QUESTION. • FOftb£s GROWING FOR j COWS' :tr PIGS. / v _ “ jfe it posable," asks a correspoi'farm'’to the^tfod-Mtlfi&foira; 1 balsmtCd' ration pigs. when the. 'sbld Can it be profitr - abiy idone, and will* yon kindly • " ration ana reply to the foregoing, 1 rsays-the nutritive ration for a dairy cow should be one to six : ' —thatisf, ilb !i of'protein -to 61bs of pigs tne ration j%ouid not differ farmer ;can' "grow a balaincedb ration? fob' dairy. 'cows by 'j-oatfeJ and the mai^e silage furnish the bulky part -of the , ration* whilc/the peas and oats muSt - -be thrashed;--and thfe / grain d«df&d a(S a concentrate. 1 Fesf fheffi 5 C&ntdl'hb‘2o per . cent, of t crude protjanjiand is quite digestible containingrriys; per cent.-, or therd-' aboutsj indigestible protein. Hendb the farmed cih form a balanced ratiomby feeding; these' three r fdodS, : and grow thfem all On his owh they are foqds of the highestquality for a v , dairy : cow.f A successful' dairy I do not believe anything„ canbe found that will stimulate a cow to do her best equal h£y, good and. peas and oats c^ushcdf” A ration for ; growing pigs can also be compounded from crushed peas and oats that will contain the proper o nutritive :T ration* The nutriti vfe ration of pea: meal'is about one to ; thre&4-that‘isfabout ilb of protein to 3lb of carbo-hydrates, which is too harrow a ration for the fattening pigsl ; and' enough maize ; could be mixed with -the peas ’: to make a propet ration.' It is riot' easy to get pigb 1 once started .■ without any milk. v *™ e . r fhey . are . once started, by feeding‘fhChi crh'pea meal and maizi v meal, -one could 4 have f a balanced Which would be very hcce|dhbfo'-'t9"the : pig ; . 1 j