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VII. VIII. 



150 lbs. distillers' grains. 150 lbs. wheat bran.* 



150 lbs. standard middlings. 200 lbs. gluten feed. 



100 lbs. corn or hominy meal. Mix and feed 7 lbs. (8 to 9 qts.) 



Mix and feed 7 lbs. or qts. daily. daily. 



IX. X.t 



200 lbs. dried brewers' grains. 300 lbs. bran. 



ICO lbs. corn meal. 100 lbs. flour middlings. 



50 lbs. cottonseed meal. 100 lbs. corn meal. 



Mix and feed 7 lbs. (9 qts.) daily. 100 lbs. ground oats. 



300 lbs. gluten feed. 

 100 lbs. linseed meal. 

 Mix and feed as desired. 



The cost of a pound of the several mixtures at the present time is 

 from 1.5 to 1.6 cents. It is believed that the above selections are 

 more economical on the basis of their content of nutritive material 

 than most of the sugar feeds and other proprietary mixtures. 



In general, it may be said that the atnojint of grain to be fed daily 

 depends (a) upon the size of the cow, (b) daily milk yield, and (c) 

 the local market value of the milk. The richer the milk, the more 

 food is required to produce a given amount ; and vice versa. 



Seven pounds oixSx^ zXiOVQ. mixtures is a fair average amount for 

 cows weighing 800 to 900 pounds, which are yielding 10 quarts of 

 4 per cent milk. For every 2 quarts of milk yielded in excess of 

 this amount the grain ration may be increased by one pound. 



RATIONS FOR YOUNG STOCK. 



Young dairy stock may receive one peck or more of silage daily, 

 depending upon their size, in addition to what hay, corn stover or 

 other coarse fodder they will eat clean ; or the entire roughage may 

 consist of hay. Grass and clover rowen form a very desirable feed 

 for growing animals. In addition to the above, it is usually advisa- 

 ble to feed from i to 3 pounds daily of a grain mixture reasonably 

 rich in protein and ash.J Any of the above mixtures will prove sat- 

 isfactory. The writer has found mixtures by weight of ^ wheat 

 bran and ^ flour middlings ; or J^ bran, y^ corn meal and ^ flour 

 middlings ; or even V-z bran and Yz corn meal, quite satisfactory. 

 A ration composed of late-cut hay and corn meal would not be 

 desirable, it lacking both in flesh and bone forniing material (protein 

 and ash). 



* Malt sprouts can be substituted for one-half the bran if prices warrant it. 

 t Ration designed for cows on test ; rather expensive for ordinary purposes. 

 X If the roughage consists largely of grass or clover rowen, two pounds daily of a mix- 

 ture of bran and corn meal, or even of corn meal alone, will prove satisfactory. 



