. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. PACIFIC TREE AND VINE 17 Live Stock and Dairy Feeding- Grain for iVlilk All kinds of grain are relatively the cows in each high. Taking feeding effects and cost into consideration,.the follow- ing mixtures are suggested: (i) loo lbs. bran, too lbs flour mid- dlings, loolbs. cottonseed or gluten meal; mix and feed seven to eiglu ([uarts daily. (2) 100 lbs. bran, 150 lbs. of corn and cob meal, 100 lbs. cottonseed or gluten meal; and feed seven or eight quarts daily. (3) 100 lbs. corn or corn meal, 125 lbs. gluten feed; mix and feed fi
. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. PACIFIC TREE AND VINE 17 Live Stock and Dairy Feeding- Grain for iVlilk All kinds of grain are relatively the cows in each high. Taking feeding effects and cost into consideration,.the follow- ing mixtures are suggested: (i) loo lbs. bran, too lbs flour mid- dlings, loolbs. cottonseed or gluten meal; mix and feed seven to eiglu ([uarts daily. (2) 100 lbs. bran, 150 lbs. of corn and cob meal, 100 lbs. cottonseed or gluten meal; and feed seven or eight quarts daily. (3) 100 lbs. corn or corn meal, 125 lbs. gluten feed; mix and feed five to six quarts daily, prefer- ably mixed with corn ensilage. Very satisfactory and economic re- sults were obtained at this station with the following : (i) 200 tillers' dried grain, 150 lbs. corn and corn meal, and feed five to six quarts daily. (2) 100 lbs. dis- tillers dried grain, 100 lbs. flour middlings, mix and feed six to eight quarts daily.—Massa huselts Station. The trouble withmany dairymen is that they do not train their cows when they are young to be persis- tent milkers, says an exchange. Why should we keep a coa? that will give milk only eight months of the year, and let her run dry and just hoard with us for four months? There is neither profit nor sense in that. The saying is true that ' the nimble sixpence soon overtakes the slow-shilling '' A comparison was recently made of mixed milk from a number of llolstein cows and from the same number of Jersey cows as regards skimming qualities. Two hundred ]30unds of milk from each breed was separated in each of se\'en trials under like condition. The average fat content of the Holsteiu milk was per cent and of the skim milk .077 per cent. The average fat content of the Jersey milk was per cent and of the skim milk •"3^5 per cent. In a second experi- ment extending over four montlis breed were in corresponding stages of lactation and different separators were used. In ea
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