194 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



In winter: Continue the grain mixture, giving the 

 yearlings 4 pounds and those 18 months old 

 6 pounds. Let them have all the alfalfa, 

 clover or cowpea hay they will eat up clean. 



Dry Cows in Summer: 



1. Give run of pasture. 



2. If pasture is very short, as calving time ap- 



proaches feed from I to 3 pounds of bran 

 daily. 



Dry Cows in Winter: 



1. Clover, alfalfa or mixed hay, 15 pounds; corn 



silage, 20 pounds. 



2. All hay and stover cows will eat. As parturi- 



tion approaches use up to 3 or 4 pounds of 

 wheat bran, beginning at i pound daily at 

 first. 



For Cows Yielding From 1 6 to 25 Pounds of Milk 

 Daily: 



1. Corn silage, 40 pounds; clover hay, 15 pounds; 



ground corn, 3 pounds; cottonseed meal, i 

 pound. 



2. Cowpea hay, 15 pounds; corn stover, 10 



pounds; corn silage, 30 pounds; cottonseed 

 meal, 2 pounds. 



3. Alfalfa hay, 18 pounds ; corn silage, 35 pounds. 



4. Corn stover, 15 pounds; corn meal, i pound; 



linseed meal, 2 pounds ; wheat bran, 5 pounds ; 

 cottonseed meal, 2 pounds. 



