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 Grain JNIixtures for Cows of 1000 Pounds Live Weight. 



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100 lbs. Class I. * 100 lbs. Class I. 



100 " ^' II. 100 " " II. 



100 '• " IV. 100 " '' III. 



Mix and feed 5 to 7 quarts daily. IMix and feed 7 to 9 quarts daily. 



III. ir. 



100 lbs. Class II. 100 lbs. Class I. 



100 " Atlas meal. 100 " " IV. 



Mix and feed 5 to 7 quarts daily. Mix and feed 5 to 7 quarts daily. 



F. 



100 lbs. Class I. 

 150 " " III. 

 Mix and feed 6 to 8 quarts daily. 



The above grain rations can be used as types, and the farmer can 

 select the particular feeds in each class which are the cheapest. lu 

 case a grain mixture is composed of three concentrated feeds, see 

 during the winter that not more than two of the feeds have a high fat 

 percentage and in summer not more than one. In case two feeds 

 only are employed in the mixture, but one of them should have a high 

 fat percentage especially in summer. Those feeds especially rich in 

 fat are cotton seed meal. King and cream gluten meals. Atlas gluten 

 meal and the gluten feeds. Excess of fat, in summer especially, is 

 very liable to produce inflammation of the udder. 



The lesser amount of grain as specified above, fed together with 

 the coarse feeds will furnish about two pounds of digestible protein 

 daily and the larger amount two and one-half pounds. When cows derive 

 part of their feed during the summer from pasture grass, and part from 

 soiling crops, about one-half the quantity of the grain mixtures can 

 often be fed to advantage. In case the soiling crops are made up of 

 one-half leguminous fodder, no grain need be given. Should corn 

 and soja bean ensilage or millet and bean ensilage be fed in place of 

 clear corn ensilage, the grain ration can be reduced about one-third. 



As the cow approaches the time of calving, the grain ration can be 

 gradually reduced. The cow ought to go dry from 45 to 60 days. 

 After the animal has been dried off, from two to three or even four 

 quarts of the grain mixture can be fed if she is thin in flesh. This 

 amount can be fed till within a week of calving. 



* See table IV, page 17. 



