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other satisfactory mixtures are possible. Thus one may combine loo 

 pounds of cottonseed meal and 150 pounds of corn meal, or 100 

 pounds of cottonseed meal and 100 pounds of gluten feed and feed 

 3^ quarts daily, mixed ^vith silage. 



WHAT A FEW PROMINENT DAIRYMEN ARE FEEDING. 

 I. Elmer D. Howe, Marlboro, Mass. 



Gra in . Roughage. 



Quarts. Pounds. Pounds. 



Bran, 4.00 2.0 Silage, . 30-40 



Cottonseed meal, 3.00 4.2 Hay, 10 



Total grain, 7.00 6.2 



The above daily for cows giving 10 quarts or more milk. Dry 

 cows and strippers get only bran. 



2. N. I. Bowditch, Framingham, Mass. 



Grain. Roughage. 



Quarts. Pounds. Pounds. 



Buffalo gluten feed, — 125 Silage, 25 



Mixed wheat feed, — 200 Hay, g 



7 to 12 pounds (9 to 15 quarts) of the grain mixture are fed daily. 

 If silage is poorly eared, 75 pounds of corn meal is added to the above 

 mixture. 



3. W. B. Barton, Dalton, Mass. 



Grain. Roughage. 



Quarts. Pounds. 



Winter bran, 5.00 2.5 Forty pounds apple pomace or 



Cottonseed meal, 1.75 2.5 corn silage and what hay the 



• animals will eat clean. 



Total grain, 6.75 5.00 



Mr. Barton values pomace highly and mixes the grain with it. 



4. W. C. Jewett, Worcester, Mass. 



Grain. Roughage. 



Quarts. Pounds. 



Biles Fourex, 4.00 3.0 \ bushel wet brewers' grains. 



Gluten feed, 2.00 2.5 i bushel silage. 



2 feedings of hay. 



Total grain, 6.00 5.5 



The above dairymen produce market milk and have had many 

 years of experience. They evidently consider it economical to feed 

 from 5 to 12 pounds of mixed grain daily, depending upon their 

 local conditions. Note that the high grade protein feeds — cotton- 

 seed meal, distillers' grains, gluten feed and bran — are used in pref- 

 erence to low grade feed stuffs. 



