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PRODUCTIVE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 



flesh by such feeding, and their milk production would be likely 

 to suffer if forced by liberal feeding (Fig. 46). Nearly all dairy 

 herds that have not been carefully culled will contain a considerable 

 proportion of the latter kind of cows; in feeding a herd the in- 



BEST TEN COWS 



POOREST TEN COWS 



FIG. 45. The areas of the circles represent the average values of the products from 

 the best ten or the poorest ten cows in the Wisconsin Dairy Cow Competition, 1909-11. 

 (Wisconsin Station.) 



MAINTENANCE 

 RATION ONLY 



INSUFFICIENT 

 RATION 



LIBERAL RATION FED 

 TO GOODDAIRUOWS 



MAINTENANCE 



MAINTENANCE MILK PRODUCTION 



MAINTENANCE MILK PRODUCTION 



LIBERAL RATION FED 

 TO BEEF COWS 



MAINTENANCE MILK PRODUCTION GAIN IN WEIGHT 



Fia. 46. Liberal rations fed to cows of beefy tendencies produce a gain in weight; such 

 fed to good dairy cows produce the largest production of milk of which they are capable. 

 (Van Norman.) 



dividual cows must, therefore, be carefully watched lest they be 

 fattened by the system of feeding adopted instead of increasing 

 in their milk production. Regular weighing of cows, say once a 

 month or oftener, is a valuable aid in the management of a dairy 



