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No. 5. Lbs. No. 7. Lbs. 



Dist. grains 30 Wheat bran 40 



Wheat bran 30 Corn meal or hominy 30 



Ground oats 20 Dist. grain or gluten feed 20 



Corn meal 15 Cottonseed meal 10 



Oil meal 5 



No. 6. Lbs. No. 8. Lbs. 



Wheat bran 40 Wheat bran 40 



Ground oats 35 Distillers' Grains 40 



Gluten feed 25 Cottonseed meal 20 



A complete ration for a cow weighing approximately 1,000 Ibs. may be 

 made by feeding 1 Ib. of grain for every 3 or 4 Ibs. of milk produced in addition 

 to: 



30 Ibs. of corn silage or soiling, and 10 Ibs. hay, (clover or alfalfa 



preferred), or 



30 Ibs. roots arid 15 Ibs. of hay, or 

 8 Ibs. dried beet pulp soaked 12 to 24 hours prior to feeding and 10 



Ibs. hay, or 



20 Ibs. of hay with 1 to 2 Ibs. of oil meal extra. 



Cows which give milk of high percent of butterfat should receive 1 Ib. 

 of grain for every 3 Ibs. of milk produced, and cows exceeding 1,000 Ibs. in 

 live weight should receive a relatively larger amount of hay and silage or 

 roots. If dried distillers' grains are not available, gluten feed, dried brewers' 

 grains or malt sprouts, with preference in the order named, may be substituted 

 for them. Barley, hominy, rye or Kafir grain may be substituted for corn. 

 Equal parts of bran and corn meal are a substitute for oats when prices and 

 the available supply necessitates. Cotton seed meal does not have the laxative 

 property that oil meal contains, but with succulent feeds like silage and roots 

 and other laxative feeds like bran, clover and alfalfa hay, may be fed to good 

 advantage as a substitute in supplying protein. 



THE COMPOSITION OF FEEDS. 



Feeds for dairy rations are selected and purchased largely on the basis 

 of their values and composition. Feeding stuffs are composed primarily of 

 water, crude fiber, crude protein and fat. The more important compounds 

 that all feeds contain and that should be carefully considered in the selection 

 of feeds for rations are: dry matter, crude fiber, protein, carbohydrates and 

 fat 



Dry Matter. The portion of a feeding stuff "that would remain if the 

 water or moisture contained therein were driven off by heat. It constitutes 

 the main mass or bulk of feeds. An excess of moisture should be guarded 

 against. It may incur the loss of feed and in buying one does not want to 

 pay for more moisture than is necessary. 



