SILAGE RATIONS FOR MILCH COWS. 171 



The combination in which corn silage will be used 

 in feeding milch cows will depend a good deal on local 

 conditions; it may be said in general that it should be 

 supplemented by a fair proportion of nitrogenous feeds 

 like clover hay, wheat bran, ground oats, linseed meal, 

 gluten feed, cotton-seed meal, etc. As it may be of 

 some help to our readers a number of balanced rations 

 or such as are near enough balanced to produce good 

 results at the pail, are presented below. 



Silage Rations for Milch Cows. 



No. 1. Corn silage, 35 Ibs.; hay, 8 Ibs.; wheat bran, 4 



Ibs.; ground oats, 3 Ibs.; oil meal, 2 Ibs. 

 No. 2. Corn silage, 50 Ibs.; corn stalks, 10 Ibs.; corn 



meal, 2 Ibs.; wheat bran, 4 Ibs.; malt sprouts, 3 Ibs.; 



oil meal, 1 Ib. 

 No. 3. Corn silage, 40 Ibs.; clover and timothy mixed, 



10 Ibs.; wheat shorts, 3 Ibs.; gluten feed, 3 Ibs.; corn 



and cob meal, 3 Ibs. 

 No. 4. Corn silage, 20 Ibs.; corn stalks, 10 Ibs.; hay, 



4 Ibs.; wheat bran, 4 Ibs.; gluten meal, 3 Ibs.; ground 



oats, 3 Ibs. 

 No. '5. Corn silage, 40 Ibs.; clover hay, 10 Ibs.; oat feed, 



4 Ibs.; corn meal, 3 Ibs.; gluten feed, 3 Ibs. 



No. 6. Corn silage, 45 Ibs.; corn stalks, 5 Ibs.; oat straw, 



5 Ibs.; dried brewers' grains, 4 Ibs.; wheat shorts, 



4 Ibs. 



No. 7. Corn silage, 35 Ibs.; hay, 10 Ibs.; corn meal, 3 



Ibs.; wheat bran, 4 Ibs.; oats, 3 Ibs. 

 No. 8. Corn silage, 40 Ibs.; corn stover, 8 Ibs.; wheat 



bran, 4 Ibs.; gluten meal, 2 Ibs.; oil meal, 2 Ibs. 

 No. 9. Corn silage, 20 Ibs.; clover and timothy hay, 15 



Ibs.; corn meal, 3 Ibs.; ground oats, 3 Ibs.; oil meal, 



2 Ibs.; cotton seed meal, 1 Ib. 

 No. 10. Clover silage, 25 Ibs.; corn stover, 10 Ibs.; hay, 



5 Ibs.; wheat shorts, 2 Ibs.; oat feed, 4 Ibs.; corn meal, 

 2 Ibs. 



