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A Manitoba ration (Brandon, Manitoba). Pasture season 

 extends from middle of May to end of November. Summer feed is 

 almost exclusively pasture. For winter feed the following are used: 

 Corn ensilage, 35 Ibs. ; roots, 15 Ibs. ; clover or alfalfa hay 12 Ibs.; 

 oat straw, 4 Ibs.; chopped oats, 6 Ibs.; bran 3 Ibs. 



S. B., Neepawa, Manitoba. Puts cows to pasture about middle 

 of May. Feeds 2 gallons oat and barley chop until about 1st August 

 when green corn is substituted. Winter ration consists of corn 



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stalks, hay, barley or oat straw. Chop is a mixture of bran, oats and 

 barley. Amounts given according to production of animals. 



SASKATCHEWAN. 



A. B. P., Langbank, Sask. Feeds a mixture of oats and barley 

 while cows are at pasture, and in fall some rape. In winter, gives 

 cows a".l roughage they will eat, and measures grain according to 

 cow. Roughage consists of corn stover, prairie hay, oat and barley 

 straw, some alfalfa hay, and roots. The meal ration is a mixture of 

 oats and barley. 



F. O. H., Pense, Sask. Feeds 3 quarts of oat chop while cows 

 are at pasture. For winter roughage, hay and oat sheaves arc 

 supplied and a meal ration consisting of 6 quarts oat chop and 6 

 quarts bran. 



J. T., Abernethy, Sask. Feeds one gallon chopped oats while 

 cows are at pasture and, later, some sugar beets. Sugar beets and 

 turnips, oat straw, prairie hay, and oat sheaves are the roughage 

 feeds in winter. A slop of oat chop and bran (about 1 gallon each 

 cow) is supplied. 



J. McF., Parkbeg, Sask. Allows only pasture for his cows in 

 summer. In winter wild hay and green oats are the ration. 



A Saskatchewan ration (Indian Head). Pasture lasts from end 

 of May until middle of November. 2 Ibs. of a mixture of one part 

 wheat screenings to 2 parts oats are fed during this season. In 

 winter, the ration is '20 Ibs. corn ensilage in which is mixed 10 Ibs. 

 cut oat straw, 8 Ibs. meal (1 part barley, 2 parts oats, 2 parts bran, 

 p ; nd 1 part linsead meal). 



A Saskatchewan ration (Rosthern). Cows are pastured exclu- 

 sively during summer from May 1 to end of September. In winter, 

 they are fed two sheaves of oats, 6 Ibs. of oat chop, 4 Ibs. bran, and 

 all the prairie hay they can eat up clean. 



