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BETTER DAIRY FARMING 



of milk would be fed to Holsteins, Jerseys or Guernseys should 

 have one pound for every two and one-half pounds of milk. 



Another way of determining the amount of grain to feed is to 

 measure it by the butter fat production per week. Feed one pound 

 of grain per day for each pound of butter fat produced per week 



A Good Dairy Barx axd a Leadixg Dairy Man 



Mr. Frank O. Lowden, Oregon, 111., President of the Holstein-Friesian 

 Association of America. 



and let the cow get the rest of her feed from a liberal amount of 

 good roughage. 



In addition to the grain mixture the average cow will eat 9 to 

 12 pounds of hay and 30 to 40 pounds of silage per day, depending 

 on her size and production. 



37. Feed the cows as individuals. — In feeding grain as we 

 have suggested, the farmer must of course feed each animal as an 

 individual. This is the only proper way. If each animal in the 

 herd gets the same amount of grain no matter how much milk she 



