THE FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF CATTLE. 4G7 



kind. The spread of the creamery system does not necessarily mean 

 that more cows are used in the production of butter, but rather that 

 more butter of a uniformly high quality is being made to take the place 

 of dairy butter, much of which has a doubtful reputation. Increased 

 consumption naturally follows improvement in quality, and with more 

 good butter on the market more is consumed, and for this reason more 

 than any other I think the prices of dairy products have held up so well 

 in the past. 



But dairying will continue for another reason, which lies at the foun- 

 dation of stock-feeding, and this is because the cow gives a larger return 

 for her food than does the steer. I doubt if many of my readers have 

 ever reflected upon just this phase of the question, but it is one of large 

 importance and will some day be carefully studied. 



In Table III wo have given the ration of a dairy cow weighing 1,000 



pounds, as follows: 



Pounds. 



Corn foiller ...................................................... 11 



Clover hay ....................................................... G 



Bran ............................................................. 5 



Corn meal ........................................................ 5 



meal ................................................. 2 



From this ration we may suppose a good daily cow will yield about 

 -~> pounds of average milk. Supposing we feed the same ration to a 

 weighing 1,000 pounds. I am sure the majority of feeders Avill 

 agree that i* pounds of increase, lire weight, will be a fair return for 

 this amount of food. Lawes and Gilbert, of England, made careful 

 analyses of the carcasses of ninety-eight oxen to determine the charac- 

 ter of their increase .while fattening, which they found to l>e as follows: 



Per cent. 

 ............................................................. 1.47 



in lry lean meat) ......................................... 7. G!> 



Fat ............................................................ 66.2 



W:.t.r .......................................................... 21.6 



I. ei u> place the food constituents of a day's increase of 2 pounds 

 live weight of the fattening steer beside what is contained in 25 

 pounds of average cow's milk: 



TAISI.I: \l.Shoteiy the rrtiimi from a dairy coir ami a fatlrMtmy ttecr for one day. 



S-HH from 



r.in it. r unit t I Twenty- Two pounds 



Total ; 3.17 I 1.4* 



