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Practical Rations for Dairy Cows. 



(Fed by sixteen American dairymen producing 325 pounds of butter or 

 more per >cow per year.) 



1. Colorado. 30 Ibs. silage, 10 Ibs. alfalfa hay, 10 Ibs. clover hay, 

 5 Ibs. wheat bran, 2 Ibs. cornmeal. 



2. Connecticut. 35 Ibs. corn silage, 10 Ibs. hay, 3 Ibs. wheat bran, 

 3 Ibs. corn and cob meal, 2 Ibs. cotton-seed meal, 2 Ibs. Chicago gluten 

 meal. 



3. Illinois. 7 Ibs. clover hay, 7 Ibs. timothy hay, 12 Ibs. corn and 

 cob meal, 8 Ibs. bran, 1 Ibs. linseed meal, 1 Ibs. cotton-seed meal. 



4. New Jersey. 24 Ibs. corn silage, 8 Ibs. corn meal, 2 Ibs. wheat 

 bran, 4 Ibs. oats, 2 Ibs. oil meal. 



5. New York. 20 Ibs. hay, 2 Ibs. wheat bran, 2 Ibs. cotton-seed 

 meal, 2 Ibs. hominy meal. 



6. New York. 12 Ibs. timothy hay, 1 Ib. wheat bran, 1 Ib. middlings, 

 2 Ibs. corn meal, 2 Ibs. cotton-seed meal, 40 Ibs. skim-milk. 



7. New York. 42 Ibs. corn silage, 2 Ibs. clover hay, 2 Ibs. timothy 

 hay, 8 Ibs. corn and cob meal, 14 Ibs. dried brewers' grains. 



8. North Carolina. 30 Ibs. corn silage, 8 Ibs. fodder corn, 3 Ibs. 

 corn meal, 3 Ibs. wheat bran, 1 Ib. cotton-seed meal. 



9. Pennsylvania. 24 Ibs. corn fodder, 5.1 Ibs. wheat bran, 5.1 Ibs. 

 corn meal, 3 Ibs. cotton-seed meal, 2 Ibs. oil meal. 



10. Pennsylvania. 10 Ibs. corn fodder, 6 Ibs. hay, 3 Ibs. wheat bran, 

 1 Ibs. cotton-seed meal, 1 Ibs. oil meal, 2 Ibs. corn meal. 



11. Texas. 30 Ibs. corn silage, 13 Ibs. sorghum hay, 1.3 Ibs. corn 

 meal, 2.6 Ibs. cotton-seed meal, 2.2 Ibs. cotton-seed, 1.3 Ibs. wheat bran. 



12. Vermont. 30 Ibs corn silage, 10 Ibs hay, 4.2 Ibs. corn meal, 

 4.2 Ibs. wheat bran, 8 Ibs. linseed meal. 



13. West Virginia. 48 Ibs. corn silage, 2 Ibs. corn and cob meal, 2J 

 Ibs. ground wheat, 2 Ibs. oats, 2 Ibs. barley meal. 



14. Wisconsin. 26 Ibs. corn silage, 10 Ibs. clover hay, 5 Ibs. timothy 

 hay, 8 Ibs. wheat middlings, l^lbs. oil meal. 



15. Wisconsin. 50 Ibs. corn silage, 5 Ibs. sheaf oats, 5 Ibs. corn 

 fodder, 1 Ib. clover hay, 1 Ib. millet, 2.7 Ibs. cotton-seed meal, 1.3 Ibs. oil 

 meal, 6 Ibs. wheat bran. 



16. Canada. 40 Ibs. corn silage, 7 Ibs. clover hay, 3 Ibs. straw, 1 

 Ibs. oats, 1J Ibs. barley, 1J Ibs. pea meal, 3 Ibs. wheat bran, 1 Ib. cotton-seed 

 meal. 



Books on Dairying. 



1. The Business of Dairying Lane, 8-12 Webb Pub. Co., $1.25. 



2. Profitable Dairying Peck, 8-12 Webb Pub Co., 75c. 



3. The Farm and the Dairv Sheldon, 8-12 Macmillan Co., $1.00. 



