cows actually milked will be three-quarters 

 of a pound of butter fat. There are herds 

 which make an average of nine-tenths of a 

 pound of butter fat per day, but to secure 

 this result requires superior cattle, careful 

 feeding and more than ordinary care. 



The standard ration for milch cows 

 weighing from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds is 25 

 pounds of dry matter, two-thirds of which 

 is digestible. The ration should contain not 

 less than two pounds of digestible protein. In 

 ordinary practice, about ten pounds of the 

 dry matter of the ration is obtained from 

 maize silage, nine pounds from hay and 

 about six pounds from grain or other con- 

 centrates. In general, this is obtained by 

 feeding 35 pounds of maize silage, ten 

 pounds of hay and seven to eight pounds of 

 concentrates. The silage may be estimated 

 at one-tenth to one-eighth of a cent a pound, 

 hay at from one-fourth to one-half cent and 

 concentrates at from three-quarters to one 

 and one-quarter cents per pound, varying, 

 of course, with the different sections of the 

 country. The amount of food needed will 

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