FEEDING THE DRY COW 3 



11. Importance of good roughage.— Many farmers think 

 that inasmuch as the dry cow needs less protein they can replace the 

 legume hay (clover or alfalfa) at this time by a poorer roughage. If 

 protein were the only consideration here they might be right. How- 

 ever, legume roughage has other advantages and it is very desirable 

 that the dry cow have her share. Such roughage is the best source 

 of lime of any of our feeding stuffs and recent work has shown it to 

 be very important that the dry cow receive liberal amounts of lime. 



12. Minerals in the dairy ration. — There are a dozen or 

 more different minerals required by the animal body. However, 

 only two of them, aside from those supplied by common salt and 

 perhaps a source of iodine in the goiter belt, are at all likely to be 

 furnished by the ordinary ration in less amount than the animal 

 needs. These two are lime and phosphorus. They form 90 per cent of 

 the mineral matter of the body and over 50 per cent of that of milk. 



Segis Pietertje Prospect 221846 



World's Champion cow in milk production. Yearly record 37,381.4 pounds 

 of milk, a daily average of 102.4 pounds for 365 days. Owned by Carnation 

 Stock Farms, Seattle, Wash. 



