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PRODUCTIVE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 



always fed, often as many as half a dozen different ones, so as to 

 stimulate the appetites of the cows; the modern dairy cow is a 

 product of special-purpose breeding and high feeding, and, unless 

 special pains is taken to cater to her wants, she will not be able to 

 reach and maintain the high standard of production which may be 

 reasonably expected of her (Figs. 53, 54, 55, and 56). 



The following rations for milch cows are given as samples of 

 the system of feeding adapted to the conditions in different sections 

 of our country : 



1. Hay, 20 pounds; oats, 3 pounds; corn and cob meal, 3 

 pounds; linseed meal, 2 pounds. 



FIG. 52. Weighing rations for the dairy herd. The cows receive seven pounds of grain per 

 pound of butter fat produced. (Wisconsin Station.) 



2. Hay, 10 pounds; cornstalks, ad lib.; wheat bran, 3 pounds; 

 corn meal, 2 pounds; cotton-seed meal, 2 pounds. 



3. Roots, 60 pounds; stover, ad lib.; oats, 3 pounds; bran, 3 

 pounds; gluten feed, 3 pounds. 



4. Corn fodder, ad lib.; corn silage, 40 pounds ; shorts, 2 pounds ; 

 dried brewers' grains, 2 pounds ; linseed meal, 2 pounds. 



5. Corn silage, 35 pounds; hay, ad lib.; bran, 4 pounds; oats, 

 2 pounds; gluten meal, 2 pounds. 



6. Corn silage, 30 pounds; hay, ad lib.; oats, 4 pounds; linseed 

 meal, 2 pounds; cotton-seed meal, 1 pound. 



7. Corn silage, 30 pounds; clover hay, ad lib.; bran, oats, and 

 corn meal, 2 pounds each. 



