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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The; w'iutor liitiou per duy for niilcli cows on the average was about a.s follows: — 



I'ound.s. 



Hay 5 



Corn ensilage 20 



Roots 15 



^traw -1 



Meal 7 



The meal consisted of a mixture of UUO pounds ])imii; :!Oil ii.-nud-i oat .•iiop; 200 

 pounds oil eake meal; and 200 pounds cottonseed meal. 



All the liay was purchased for the cattle which had formerly been housed in the 

 main barn, and owin<^' to the spring killing of clover in li>13, was mostl.v tinioth.y. Tho 

 corn ensilage was of good quality, rich in grain, and the part that wns u-^cd for f>'.-d 

 was uninjured. 



The roots were mangels, sugar mangels, and turnips. These of necessity were fed 

 v/hole owing to our lack of facilities for pulping. In the future, however, the former 

 method of pulping and mixing with ensilage and cut straw will be continued. 



The straw purchased w^as, of course, oat straw, and was of poor feeding value. 

 Again, owing to lack of cutting facilities, the strav/ was fed long, once per day. 



The meal was scattered on the ensilage after it was before the cattle. The ;;ay 

 given was fed uncut, after the other materials had been cleaned up. 



Generally speaking, the milch cow is allowed all the roughage she will consume. 

 Meal was given in proportion to milk produced, and if a cow responded frcel.y and 

 profitably to an increase of meal she was fed more libcrall.v up to the ])oint v/liere 

 profits ceased. Some of the cows, recentl.v freshened, consumed profitably 1 pound of 

 meal for every 3 pounds of milk produced. However, a fair average of the herd and a 

 reasonable standard for farmers, and one whicli will give on the average best results, 

 is: 1 pound of meal fed for every 4 pounds of milk produced. .However, this ratii; 

 between the pounds of meal and the pounds of milk must be largcl.v governed b.y tho 

 quantity and the richness of the coarse forage, together with tho richness, palatal)ility, 

 and variety of the meal mixture. 



Water was before the cows all the time; and salt was added to the roughage at 

 the time of mixing. 



DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING EXPERIiMKXTS. 



KXPKRIMKNTS WITH TIIR FF.KDINC OF ^fuLASSES AN'U MOf-ASSKS .Mi;Ar,S TO DAIRY CATTLR. 



Followuig the experiments conducted in 301 2-13, and already reported, on the 

 feeding of molasses to dairy cattle, further work in relation to the value of this sub- 

 stance as a cattle food was carried on in the su)nmer of 1913. 



Molasses vs. Caldwell's Molasses Mmh 



Beginning April 27, an experiment was conducted with the grade herd to aseer- 

 lain, if possible, a comparison of the value of molasses and Uiolasses meal added to the 

 7"egular meal ration. During the test, each cow received the same number of pounds 

 of meal and molasses, or Caldwell's molasses meal. .Each feeding period consisted of 

 two weeks; the first week as a transitory stage, the second as a busis of calculation. 

 This allowed one week for the animals to become accustomed to an.y change in the 

 ration, and by averaging the fii'st and third periods of the experiment, a comparison 



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