14 AGRICULTURE. 



PRACTICAL RATIONS FOR DAIRY COWS. 



Fed by 16 American Dairymen Producing 325 lbs. of 

 Butter or more per Cow per Year.* 



1. Colorado. — 30 lbs. silage, 10 lbs. alfalfa hay, 10 lbs, clover 

 hay, 5 lbs. wheat bran, 2 lbs. corn meal. 



2. Connecticut. — 35 lbs. corn silage, 10 lbs. hay, 3 lbs. wheat 

 bran, 3 lbs. corn and cob meal, 2 lbs. cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs. 

 Chicago gluten meal. 



3. Illinois. — 7^1 lbs. clover hay, 7^ lbs. timothy hay, 12 lbs. 

 corn and cob-meal, 8 lbs. bran, \\ lbs. linseed meal, i^ lbs. 

 cotton-seed meal. 



4. New Jersey. — 24 lbs. corn silage, 8 lbs. corn meal, 2 lbs. 

 wheat bran, 4 lbs. oats, 2 lbs. oil meal. 



5. New York. — 20 lbs. hay, 2 lbs. wheat bran, 2 lbs. cotton- 

 seed meal, 2 lbs. hominy meal. 



6. New York. — 12 lbs. timothy hay, i lb. wheat bran, i lb. 

 middlings, 2 lbs. corn meal, 2 lbs. cotton-seed meal, 40 lbs. 

 skim-milk. 



7. Neiv York. — 42 lbs. corn silage, 2\ lbs. clover hay, i\ lbs. 

 timothy hay, 8 lbs. corn and cob meal, 14 lbs. dried brewers* 

 grains. 



8. North Carolina. — 30 lbs. corn silage, 8 lbs. fodder corn, 

 3 lbs. corn meal, 3 lbs. wheat bran, i lb. cotton-seed meal. 



9. Pennsylvania. — 24 lbs. corn fodder, 5.1 lb, wheat bran, 

 5.1 lbs. corn meal, 3 lbs. cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs. oil meal. 



10. Pennsylvania. — 10 lbs. corn fodder, 6 lbs. hay, 3^ lbs. 

 wheat bran, i\ lbs. cotton-seed meal, \\ lbs. oil meal, 2\ lbs. 

 corn meal. 



11. Texas. — 30 lbs, corn silage, 13^ lbs. sorghum hay, 1. 3 lbs. 

 corn meal, 2.6 lbs. cotton-seed meal, 2,2 lbs. cotton-seed, 1,3 lbs. 

 wheat bran. 



12. Vermont. — 30 lbs. corn silage, 10 lbs. hay, 4.2 lbs. corn 

 meal, 4,2 lbs, wheat bran, .8 lb. linseed meal. 



13. West Virginia. — 48 lbs, corn silage, 'i\ lbs, corn and cob 

 meal, 2\ lbs, ground wheat, 2^ lbs. oats, 2^ lbs, barley meal. 



* See Woll, "One Hundred American Rations for Dairy Cows," Bul- 

 letin No. 38, Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. 



