containing less fiber and more starcliy matter and protein than is 

 contained in the hay. Siu-h a ration eoiitalns the recjuisite amount 

 of botli total digestible matter and digestible protein, and ma}' be 

 said to be properly balanced . 



5. Types of Balanced Rations. 



Because of the high prices of all concentrated feeds, dairymen 

 are frequently in doubt as to the kinds to be selected and the 

 amount to be fed in order to secure the best returns for the money 

 in^•ested. Farmers selling cream to the creamery, or located where 

 there is not a (juick demand for milk, probably will not find it 

 economical to feed over 3 to 5 pounds of purchased grain daily, and 

 will use maximum amounts of hay and silage (1 to ll/'o bushels of 

 silage and what liaj^ the animal will eat clean). If the silage is well 

 eared, 1 and y^ pound each of cotton-seed meal and flour middlings, 

 s})rinkled over the silage to distribute it, will produce a fairly well- 

 balanced ration, and prove helpful in maintaining the milk flow. 

 If corn meal is a home product rather than silage, mix by weight 

 1/4 bran, ^'2 <^'<^i"n ^iid cob meal and 1/4 cotton-seed meal (100 pounds 

 bran, 200 pounds corn and cob meal and 100 pounds cotton-seed 

 meal), and feed 5 to 6 quarts daily, together with one feeding of 

 cut or shredded corn stover and what hay the animal will clean up. 



Producers of market milk generally And it advisable to feed some- 

 what more grain, and a numl)er of coml)inations are suggested which 

 will produce satisfactory ])alanced rations when fed with what hay 

 the animal will eat clean (1<S to 24 })ounds a day), or with 1 bushel 

 of corn silage and 10 to 16 })ouuds of hay. 



I. II. 



125 pounds bran. 125 pounds bran. 



100 pounds flour middlings. 100 pounds corn or hominy meal.' 



100 pounds gluten feed. 100 pounds cotton-seed meal. 



Mix and feed (j to 8 pounds (7 to 9 Mix and feed 6 to 8 pounds (7 to 1) 

 quarts) daily. quarts) daily. 



HI. IV. 



100 pounds wlieat bran. 125 pounds wheat bran or malt sprouts. 



100 pounds gluten feed. 100 pounds corn or hominy meal. 



35 pounds cotton-seed meal. 125 pounds gluten feed. 



Mix and feed 7 pounds (8 to 9 quarts) Mix and feed 7 pounds (6i to 7 quarts) 

 daily. daily. 



1 Corn and cob meal if on hand can be used In place of coi'n or liominy meal. 



