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without any danger of tainting milk, provided the 

 feeding is done outside and always after milking. 



The horses, of course, cannot be fed on rape. 



The remaining i8 *' collop " from the 8th to the 31st 

 of October, receiving an allowance of i cwt. per day per 

 collop, will, allowing for a little wastage, consume the 

 produce of one acre yielding 25 tons. 



This acre, well manured, will yield in the following 

 April at least another 10 tons of rape. The available 

 forage and roots from the ist November to ^pril 30th 

 will therefore be 160 minus 25 tons consumed, plus 

 10 tons of a second crop of rape or kale, that is, 145 

 tons, or for the 18 collop would allow, during the 

 period mentioned, 160 days, an average daily feed per 

 collop of 8 stone. 



THE DISPOSAL OF DRY FODDER 



Making an allowance of 30 cwt. per horse of dry 

 fodder for the winter months, we shall have 33 tons 

 of this food available for the remaining 18 collop, or 

 from the ist November to April 30th, when dry fodder 

 will be necessary, a daily allowance of 2 st. Taking 

 one period with another, that is, averaging the food 

 requirements of a dairy cow during the time she is dry, 

 also when yielding both a low and a high milk yield, the 

 average daily requirements of a mixed dairy herd will 

 be about the equivalent of 12 lbs. of starch. 



Two stone per day of dry fodder (equal parts vetch 

 and clover hay) equal 9-5 lbs. of starch, whilst 7 st. 

 per day of the various types of winter greens and roots 

 will be approximately equal to 8 lbs. of starch. It is 

 therefore easily seen that on this basis we shall have 

 more food in our forage and fodder crops than is 

 necessary for the feeding of the 18 collop. 



It must be borne in mind that all the winter stock 

 will not be dairy cows. Nevertheless the daily starch 

 allowance of 12 lbs. will suffice for the feeding of the 



