station Tests with Feeds for Dairy Cows. 



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milk more per day than those getting uncooked feed, with no 

 difference in the quality of the milk. These returns do not pay 

 for the labor involved, and are in conformity with the results 

 obtained with other farm animals when given cooked feed. (370, 

 836) 



665. Feeding grain in form of slop. — It is frequently asserted 

 that sloppy feeds increase the milk flow. This matter was tested 

 by Dean at the Ontario Agricultural College. ^ For roughage the 

 cows were fed silage and pasture; for concentrates, two pounds 

 of ground wheat and four pounds of bran. The results appear 

 below: 

 Effect of wetting the feed supplied dairy cows — Ontario Station. 



Form of feed. 



Per cent. 



of fat 

 in milk. 



Eight cows. 



Fed dry feed 



Fed wet feed once daily., 

 Fed wet feed twice daily 



»Skc cows. 



Fed dry feed 



Fed wet noon feed 



There is nothing in the above to indicate that feeding meal in 

 the form of slop induces a greater flow or changes the character 

 of the milk. Dean's conclusions are, ''This experiment would 

 indicate that slopping is an expensive way to feed cows." 



666. Feeding grain to cows on pasture. — The utility of feeding 

 grain to cows on pasture has been studied at the Cornell Station* 

 during several seasons. 



In the first trial cows receiving grain while on a luxuriant past- 

 ure gave less milk, but an equal amount of fat, with those getting 

 no grain on the same pasture. 



The next season, with the pastures luxuriant except for a short 

 time in midsummer, the lot receiving grain and that without 

 grain did equally well. 



1 Repts. 1893-94. 

 » Bills. 13, 22, 36, 49. 



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