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Feeds and Feedi 



148. Standard rations for dairy cows. — From the reports of 128 

 American dairymen gathered by Woll, that investigator dedncea 

 what he calls the American ration for dairy cows. Based 

 on their personal study of dairy herds covering three winters 

 as just noted, Atwater and Phelps of the Storrs Station oflfer a 

 tentative standard. Below are grouped the several standards for 

 convenient reference by the student. 



American and German feeding standards for dairy coios. — DigestibU 

 nutrients per day per 1,000 pounds live weight. 



* Organic matter. 



Kiilin's^ standard ration for a thousand-pound dairy cow undei 



varying conditions is as follows: 



Pounds. 



Dry matter 20-33.5 



Digestible albuminoids 1.5-2.4 



Digestible ether extract 4- .7 



Digestible nitrogen-free extract, assimilable crude fiber, and 



amides ^^.".^"^ 



Nutritive ratio •••• 1 : 5.5-8 



Reviewing the above, it is found that WoU's proposed American 

 dairy ration calls for less protein and more carbohydrates and 

 ether extract than Wolff's, the nutritive ratio being 1 : 6.9 against 

 1 : 5.4. Atwater and Phelps' proposed standard coincides with 



» Die zweckraassigste Emahrung des Rindviehes, 1887, p. 257. 



