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No. 3. AS No. 1, WITH MORE HAY AND LESS MAIZE. 



66 lb. swedes (or 88 Ib. yellow turnips). 1 Ib. maize meal. 



2 lb. undec. cotton cake. 17 lb. meadow hay. 



3 lb. dec. cotton cake. 



No. 4. As No. 3, WITH OAT STRAW INSTEAD or HAY. 



66 lb. swedes (or 88 lb. yellow turnips). 1 lb. maize meal. 

 4 lb. dec. cotton cake. 17 lb. oat straw. 



2f lb. undec. cotton cake. 



(To make oat straw equivalent to meadow hay 1| lb. dec. cotton cake and f lb. 

 undec. cotton cake are added to make up the deficiency of the oat straw). 



From the information as to feeding equivalents given above 

 it will be found comparatively easy to make up rations with 

 other kinds of foods. Water is needed with all the foregoing 

 foods. 



It may be advantageous to slightly improve the ration in 

 the last week or two of the feeding period. 



B. DAILY RATIONS FOR MILCH COWS. 



The following rations for milch cows are calculated per 10 

 cwt. and not per 1,000 lb. live-weight, as it is probable that 

 10 cwt. is about the average live-weight of good milch cows in 

 the North of England. For cows of a greater or less weight 

 than 10 cwt. the feeding rations should be increased or de- 

 creased in direct proportion to their weights, provided the 

 quantity of milk given is also greater or less in the same pro- 

 portion. 



No. 1. BATION FOR, cows GIVING 18J LB. or MILK (ROUGHLY 



1$ GALLONS) PER DAY. 



Quantities for cows 9 cwt. live-weight and giving 16 lb. of milk daily are 

 given within brackets. 



39 lb. swedes or 52 lb. yellow turnips (35 lb. or 47 lb.). 



19 lb. oat straw (17 lb.). 



4f lb. decorticated cotton cake (4J lb.). 



Roughly speaking, 1 lb. less of decorticated cotton cake 

 might be given if the yield is 12J lb. of milk daily instead 

 of 18i lb. daily. 



