41 

 COMPLETE RATIONS FOR DAIRY STOCK. 



By J. B. Liudsey. 



If the dairymau has well eared silage and a nice quality of 

 ■early cut hay, clover or alfalfa, he can get fairly good results 

 by feeding daily 1 bushel silage, 15 pounds clover hay, 1 1-2 

 pounds cottonseed meal and 1 1-2 pounds flour middlings, the mix- 

 ture of the two grains being sprinkled over the silage to distribute 

 it.* Rye feed, buckwheat middlings, or oat middlings may be 

 substituted for the wheat middlings. Should the matured ears 

 have been removed before the corn was ensiled, it would be 

 advisable to add 3 pounds of corn or corn and cob meal to the 

 grain ration. 



In case the dairyman desires to feed more liberally of grain and 

 does not care to take the trouble to mix the same with the silage, 

 the following combinations are suggested : 



• 1. 2. 



100 lbs. wheat bran, f 125 1/bs. malt sprouts, 



100 lbs. gluten feed, 100 lbs. corn or hominy meal, 



35 lbs. cottonseed meal, 12 5 lbs. gluten feed, 



Mix and feed 7 lbs. (8-9 qts.) daily. Mix and feed 7 lbs. (61/2-7 qts.) daily 



7 lbs. coittaiiis: 

 1.40 lbs. digestible protein, 

 4.70 lbs. digestible organic matter, 

 7 lbs. cosj; 10.85 cents, t 



3. 



100 lbs. distillers' grains, 

 100 lbs. malt sprouts, 

 150 lbs. corn meal, 



50 lbs. cottonseed meal, 

 Mix and feed 7 lbs. (7-8 qts.) daily. 



7 lbs. contains: 



1.2 lbs. digestible protein, 



5.1 lbs. digestible organic matter, 



7 lbs. cost 10.8 cents, t 



5. 



75 lbs. malt sprouts, 



75 lbs. wheat bran, 



200 lbs. gluten feed. 



Mix and feed 7 lbs. (8-9 qts.) daily 



7 lbs. contains: 



1.20 lbs. digestible protein, 



4.90 lbs. digestible organic matter, 



7 lbs. cost 10.5 cents. J 



4. 



200 lbs. distillers' dried grains, 



150 lbs. flour middlings. 



Mix and feed 7 lbs. (8-9 qts.) daily. 



7 lbs. contains:** 



1.12 lbs. digestible protein, 

 5.2 lbs. digestible organic matter, 

 7 lbs. cost 11.4 cents. J 



6. 

 2 00 lbs. brewers' grains, 

 100 lbs. corn meal, 

 5 lbs. cottonseed meal. 

 Mix and feed 7 lbs. (9 qts.) daily. 



7 lbs. contains: 7 lbs. contains: 



1.35 lbs. digestible protein, 1.26 lbs. digestible protein, 



5.00 lbs. digestible organic matter, 4.40 lbs. digestible organic matter, 



7 lbs. cost 10.6 cents, t 7 lbs. cost 10.4 cents. J 



* It is important that the heavy grains be mixed with the silage. 



t If it is desired to feed less wheat bran, 50 pounds of malt sprouts may be substituted for a like 



amount of the bran, slightly reducing the cost of the mixture. 

 ** Six pounds of this mixture makes a very satisfactory ration. 

 J The cost of these rations was figured when grain was at its maximum. 



