CHAPTER XX 



NEW FEEDING STANDARD FOR MILCH COWS 



As a guide, the following table of feeding standards is 

 put forward by the writer. Later experiments con- 

 ducted by those who have more time for the purpose 

 than he has, may demonstrate that the table and 

 the continuous-cropping rations recommended are not 

 the most economical. For the time being, the rations 

 may be put forward with confidence since they are 

 such as the writer uses in practice, and by their use he is 

 able to produce milk, beef, and mutton at about one- 

 half the cost involved where stock are fed on ordinary 

 farm crops, with the necessary complement of purchased 

 albuminous feeding stuffs to form balanced rations. 



It will also be of interest to state that in arriving at 

 these continuous-cropping rations, the chief method 

 followed has been that of the comparative principle 

 of ascertaining the digestible protein contents, and the 

 starch equivalents of well-known ordinary rations, and 

 then compounding the continuous-cropping rations of 

 approximately the same composition. 



Table showing Standard Rations recommended for 

 Dairy Cows of about id cwt. Live Weight 



Digestible Starch 

 Protcia liquiy. 



lbs. lbs. 



When dry or yielding i gal, of milk per day 



Yielding I J gals, per day . • . . 



2 



2l 



3 

 3i 



I6f 



