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No. 3. Corn silage, 40 Ibs.; clover and timothy mixed, 10 Ibs.; 

 wheat shorts, 3 Ibs.; gluten feed, 3 Ibs.; corn and cob meal, 3 

 Ibs. 



No. 4. Corn silage, 20 Ibs.; corn stalks, 10 Ibs.; hay, 4 Ibs.; 

 wheat bran, 4 Ibs.; gluten meaj, 3 Ibs.; ground oats, 3 Ibs. 



No. 5. Corn silage, 40 Ibs.; clover hay, 10 Ibs.; oat feed, 4 Ibs.; 

 corn meal, 3 Ibs.; gluten feed, 3 Ibs. 



No. 6. Corn silage, 45 Ibs.; corn stalks, 5 Ibs.; oat straw, 5 Ibs.; 

 dried brewers' grains, 4 Ibs.; wheat shorts, 4 Ibs. 



No. 7. Corn silage, 35 Ibs.; hay, 10 Ibs.; corn meal, 3 Ibs.; wheat 

 bran, 4 Ibs.; oats, 3 Ibs. 



No. 8-. Corn silage, 40 Ibs.; corn stover, 8 Ibs.; wheat bran, 4 Ibs.; 

 gluten meal, 2 Ibs.; oil meal, 2 Ibs. 



No. 9. Corn silage, 20 Ibs.; clover and timothy hay, 15 Ibs.; corn 

 meal, 3 Ibs.; ground oats, 3 Ibs.; oil meal, 2 Ibs.; cotton seed 

 meal, 1 Ib. 



No. 10. Clover silage, 25 Ibs.; corn stover, 10 Ibs.; hay, 5 Ibs.; 

 wheat shorts, 2 Ibs.; oat feed, 4 Ibs.; corn meal, 2 Ibs. 



No. 11. Clover silage, 30 Ibs.; dry fodder corn, 10 Ibs.; oat straw, 

 4 Ibs.; wheat bran, 4 Ibs.; malt sprouts, 2 Ibs.; oil meal, 2 Ibs. 



No. 12. Clover silage, 40 Ibs.; hay, 10 Ibs.; roots, 20 Ibs.; corn 

 meal, 4 Ibs.; ground oats, 4 Ibs. 



The preceding rations are only intended as approximate guides 

 in feeding dairy cows. Every dairy farmer knows that there are 

 hardly two cows that will act in exactly the same manner and 

 will need exactly the same amount of feed. It is important, 

 therefore, to adapt the quantities and kinds of feed given to the 

 special needs of the different cows; one cow will fatten on corn 

 meal, where another will be able to eat and make good use of 

 two or three quarts of it. In the same way some cows will eat 

 more roughage than others and do equally well as those that 

 get more of the food in the form of more concentrated and highly 

 digestible feeding stuffs. The only safe rule to go by is to feed 

 according to the needs of the different cows; to study each cow 

 and find out how much food she can take care of without laying 

 on flesh, and how she responds to the feeding of foods of dif- 

 ferent character, like wheat bran and corn meal, for instance. 



