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Ration 4- Corn ensilage, 40 Ibs., oat chaff, 5 Ibs., alfalfa hay 8 

 Ibs. Meal mixture : Bran, 500, gluten, 200, oil cake meal, 300, barley, 

 200. Fed one pound to four pounds milk produced. 



Ration 5. Corn ensilage, 40 Ibs., alfalfa, 10 Ibs., oat straw, 10 

 Ibs. Meal mixture : Bran, 500, oats, 500, barley, 500, cottonseed meal, 

 500. Fed one pound to four pounds milk produced. 



PRAIRIE PROVINCES. 



Summer. Cows on pasture from time grass is 4 to 6 inches 

 high. Pasture supplemented by soiling crops, peas and oats, oats, 

 vetches, etc., as soon as cattle show signs of falling off in milk flow. 

 While on grass, or on grass and soiling crops, feed moderate amount 

 suitable meal mixture as bran, oats, barley, equal parts, at rate of 

 from 1 to 4 or even 5 pounds a day. 



Winter. Some succulent feed if at all possible. Corn ensilage, 

 mangels, turnips, potatoes, etc. Hay from clover, alfalfa, brome, 

 western rye, wild prairie grasses, oat sheaf, mixed oat and pea hay, 

 mixed oat, wheat and barley, cut green, etc., oat chaff, wheat chaff, 

 oat straw, barley straw, slough hay, etc. 



Meal mixture made up of two or more of the following one or 

 more out of each group: 



Group (a). Bran, crushed oats, spelt or emmer, shorts, etc. 



Group (?>). Small wheat, frozen wheat, barley, oil cake meal, 

 flax, peas, beans/ etc. 



Suggested Rations for 1,200 Pound Cow on Prairies. 



Ration 6. Corn silage 30 Ibs., Western rye grass, 10 Ibs., oat 

 chaff, 10 Ibs. Meal mixture: Bran, 300, oats, 300, flax, 200, small 

 wheat, 200. Fed one pound mixture to three pounds milk produced. 



Ration 7. Mangels or turnips 30 Ibs., brome hay, 10 Ibs., clover 

 hay, 5 Ibs., oat chaff, 10 Ibs. Meal mixture: Oats, 300, barley, 200, 

 small wheat, ground, 200. Fed one pound meal mixture to three 

 pounds milk produced. 



Ration 8. Potatoes, 20 Ibs., brome hay or western rye grass, 10 

 Ibs., alfalfa, 5 Ibs., oat straw, 10 Ibs., wheat chaff, 5 Ibs. Meal 

 mixture; Bran, 300, oats, 300, barley, 200, oil cake meal, 200. Fed 

 one pound meal mixture to three pounds milk produced. 



