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The quantity of grain to be fed daily naturally 



Quantity of depends upon the size of the cow, the quantity of 



Grain Daily, the daily milk yield, and the local market value of 



the milk. The richer the milk the more food 

 required to produce a given quantity and vice versa. Seven pounds 

 daily is a fair average amount for cows weighing 800-900 pounds, 

 which produce 10 quarts of 5 per cent milk daily. Grain prices 

 continue high and feeders in localities where there is not a quick 

 demand for milk may find it economy to use only 5 pounds of grain 

 daily, and a maximum amount of home grown coarse feeds,' Heavy 

 milking Holsteins weighing 1,200 pounds may require 12 or more 

 pounds of grain daily, depending upon their ability to utilize it. It 

 is not good economy to unduly force the cow, especially if it is 

 desired to keep her in the herd from year to year. 



The usual daily roughage ration to go with the grain mix- 

 tures will consist of what hay the animal will eat clean (18-24 lt)S.) 

 or one bushel of corn silage and 10-16 lbs. of hay. 



I. Early cut hay, hay of peas and oats cut when in blossom, clover hay, rowen and 

 ■well-eared corn silage all aid in reducing the grain bill. 



