34 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following is a winter ration for Holstein on test giving SO Ib. milk: 



Alfalfa hay 18 Ib. 



Mangels 75 .. 



Ground oats 8 .. 



Ground barley ;\ 5 .. 



Oil-meal 5 .. 



The following is a daily ration for a Holstein weighing 1,350 Ib. and giving 

 100 Ib. of milk daily : * 



Mangels 30 Ib. 



Sugar-beets 30 .. 



Alfalfa hay 20 .. 



Corn-meal C .. 



Bran .' 6 .. 



Oats G .. 



Gluten feed 2 .. 



Linseed-meal 2 .. 



Cotton-seed meal 2 .. 



Grain mixed with pulped roots and moistened. 



The British Columbia Holstein. " Pietje Canary's Jewel," recently completed a 

 Canadian record of 938 Ib. of butter-fat and 24.149 Ib. of milk in a year. She .was 

 fed and milked four times a day. For the first few days after calving only hay and 

 mangels were fed. Then a mixture of grain was gradually added, consisting of 

 3 parts oats and 1 part each of barley, oil-meal, and soy-bean meal. When in full 

 milk a day's ration consisted of 100 Ib. mangels, 24 Ib. grain mixture, and hay. 

 Later in the test more linseed-oil meal was substituted for the soy-beau meal. 

 The large amount of succulence is the feature of this ration. This cow is bred 

 and owned by Mr. J. M. Steves. Steveston, B.C. 



-COST OF KEEPING AX AVERAGE COW. 



A yearly balance-sheet for a cow giving 6.000 Ib. of milk testing 3.S per cent, 

 fat would read somewhat as follows : 



Debit. Credit. 



I 223 Ib. butter- fat fq 35 cents ? 80 00 



;re and soiling. 6 mos. $ S 00 5.250 Ib. skim-milk (a, 30 cents ... 16 00 



Grain, % ton @ $30 15 00 Manure 24 00 



Silage. 3 tons @ $3 9 00 Calf 5 00 



Hay, 1H tons 13 00 



Cost of feed (at farm prices) . .$45 00 



Barn (interest and depreciation) . . 3 50 



Cow ( interest and depreciation ) . . . 8 00 



Tools and implements 50 



Veterinary, etc 1 00 



Bull 3 00 



Labour charges 24 00 



Total $85 00 Total S125 00 



The above figures show a profit of $40 for the year, but the actual profit would 

 be more than this. Feed is eaten by the cow which otherwise would be wasted. 

 The above is an average cow, but the wise dairyman will try to get cows above the 

 average. 



COST OF KEEPING A RECORD COW. 



Contrast the above record with that of the Holstein, "Young Springwood," 



which at the Ontario Agricultural College Farm recently completed a record of 



73 Ib. milk aud S20 Ib. butter-fat in a year. During the year she consumed 



; Ib. bran, 440 Ib. oats, 1.032 Ib. dried brewers' grains, 494 Ib. cotton-seed meal. 



73 Ib. gluten feed, and 33 Ib. wheat, a total of 3,825 Ib. of concentrates, or an average 



