FEEDING -377 



Fed too much 



Fed just enough 



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Production 

 15 Ib. 4 % milk 



U~-~V "1 Fed to o little 



Maintenance 



Production 

 10 Ib. 4 % milk 



The different Experiment Stations have been investi- 

 gating thesjbest rations for cattle. The nutritive ratio 

 for a dairy cow should be near 1:6; that is, one pound of 

 digestible protein to six pounds of carbohydrate and fat. 

 The following dairy rations are suggested by the Experi- 

 ment Station of Indiana. 



RATION I RATION II 



Clover hay ... 18 pounds Corn silage ... 30 pounds 



Corn 5 pounds Cow pea hay ... 10 pounds 



Wheat bran Corn stover ... 2 pounds 



or oats ... 6 pounds Corn 6 pounds 



Cottonseed meal . 1 pound Cottonseed meal . . 1.5 pounds 



The foregoing ration is for cows weighing 1000 pounds, 

 giving 22 pounds of milk daily. For each additional three 

 pounds of milk, there should be added a pound of the ground 

 feed mixture. Heavier cattle should have an increase of 

 roughage about in proportion to the increase in weight. 



In feeding baby beef (beef cattle between one and two 

 years of age and weighing less than 1100 pounds) it is 

 well to remember that young animals make a greater gain 

 in weight on a given quantity of food than older animals 

 do, and that baby beef has more of a tendency to grow 

 than to fatten, or to "show finish." For this reason baby 

 beef is fed a heavy ration of grain. In the beginning of 



