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29. Mixture with timothy hay.— When timothy hay or other 

 poor hay is fed with silage the grain mixture must contain nearly 

 one-half again as much protein as with alfalfa and the actual 

 protein content of the ration must be 22 to 25 per cent. A mixture 

 which would be satisfactory for use with timothy hay is as follows : 



100 lbs. wheat bran 



100 lbs. hominy 



150 lbs. gluten feed 



100 lbs. oil meal 

 50 lbs. cottonseed meal 

 This mixture contains about 24 per cent of protein. In order to 

 furnish this amount, 60 per cent of the ration must come from 

 high-protein feeds, showing that two to three times as much of 

 these feeds are required as when the farmer has alfalfa or clover. 



Spring Brook Bess Burke 2d 131387 



One of the largest Holstein-Friesian cows in the world. Weight 2225 

 pounds. Yearly record 24918.1 pounds of milk, 1032.75 pounds butter fat. 

 Owned by Winterthur Farms, Wilmington, Delaware. 



