24 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



2. SOME GOOD FODDER RATIONS FOR FARM 



ANIMALS. 



I. Milch Cows and Growing Neat Stock. 



These animals should have 16 pounds of digestil)le organic 

 nutrients daily divided into : digestible protein, 2.50 to 3.00 

 pounds; digestible fat, .50 to 1.00 pounds; digestible car- 

 bohydrates, 12 to 13 pounds; on the basis of 1,000 pounds 

 live weio;ht. These various ino-redients will l)e found in the 

 correct proportions in the following combinations : — 



/. Basal Rations. 



{a) (6) (c) 



English hay,* 18 pounds. English hay, 21 poi:nds. English hay, . 4 pounds. 



Roots, . . 15 pounds. Corn stover, , 4 pounds. 



Corn ensilage, 40 pounds. 



id) (e) (/) 



Hay, . . 5 pounds. Haj^ of vetch Green crops,t 50-70 pounds. 



Dry coi'n fodder, 25 pounds. and oats, 10 jjounds. 



English hay, 5 pounds. 



Corn stover, 6 pounds. 



These coarse fodders for practical purposes can generally 

 be fed ad libitum; i. e., the animals can be given all they 

 will consume. There are, of course, some exceptions, but 

 the practised eye of the feeder will control such cases. 



//. Grain Rations. 



The followino; o-rain rations are combined to go with the 

 above coarse fodders. These should always be weighed or 

 measured out : — 



* The many experiments at this station have sliown that hay is too costly to be 

 fed in large quantities to cows and growing stock. Its place should be taken by 

 other coarse fodders. 



t In case green leguminous crops are fed, only one-half to one-third of the grain 

 ration that follows need be given. 



