Table 5. Estimated Annual Consumption of Feed Per Head, Large Cows 



Forage Consumed^ 



' Ailapted from Jensen, et al. Input-Output Relationships in Milk Production, U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. 

 Bui. 815 11942) by R. G. Wheeler, Harvard University. 



1200 



I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 



AGE IN MONTHS 

 Figure 2. The relationship between age and weight for 180 Holstein cattle 

 compared with normal weights reported by Matthews and a typical growth curve. 



1 C. A. Matthews, op. cit. 



2 Applies only to the first two years of growth. 



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