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No. 2. EATION FOB cows GIVING 30^ LB. OF MILK (ROUGHLY 

 3 GALLONS) PEE DAT. 



Quantities for cows 9 cwt. live-weight and giving 27% Ib. of milk daily are 

 given within brackets. 



46 Ib. swedes or 62 Ib. yellow turnips (42 Ib. or 56 Ib.). 



19 Ib, oat straw (17 Ib.). 



6f Ib. decorticated cotton cake (6 Ib.). 



4% Ib. undec. cotton cake (4 Ib.). 



No. 3. As FOB No. 2, WITH HAT INSTEAD OF OAT STRAW. 



Quantities for cows 9 cwt. live-weight and giving 27% Ib. of milk daily are 

 given within brackets. 



46 Ib. swedes or 62 Ib. yellow turnips (42 Ib. or 56 Ib.). 



19 Ib. meadow hay (17 Ib,). 



5 Ib. decorticated cotton cake (4 Ib.). 



3$ Ib. Indian cotton cake (3 Ib.). 



Heavy milkers, giving about 4 gallons of milk daily, 

 should have all the foods of the best quality possible, and 

 could receive an addition like one of the following to that of 

 Ration No. 3 : 



2 Ib. seeds hay. j / 2 Ib. linseed cake. 



2 Ib. linseed cake. !> or < 2% Ib. maize meal. 



1 Ib. maize meal. 



Ration No. 1 might also have hay substituted. for oat straw, 

 and if so the decorticated cotton cake could be reduced by 

 about 2 Ib. daily. This, however, is not quite an exact 

 equivalent. - 



Any of these rations can have the roots considerably re- 

 duced by using a substitute for roots, as indicated at the be- 

 ginning of this section. 



Cows giving reduced quantities of milk as the lactation 

 period progresses should have the concentrated food given to 

 them reduced, but cows that are heavy milkers and have be- 

 come reduced in condition, owing to their heavy milk yields, 

 must not have the food reduced too quickly, to allow them to 

 regain condition before coming to the next calving. 



