286 DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



dication of even slight disorder, a purgative, such as Epsom 

 salts 1 to 1-j- pounds at a dose should be administered at once. 

 The grain should always be eaten with a relish, and the 

 animal should show a disposition to want a little more than 

 she receives. 



A ration for a very heavy-milking cow must be rich in 

 protein. Much more grain will also be fed in proportion to 

 the roughness than with an ordinary producer. In fact, for 

 the maximum production of a great producer, the nutrients 

 will need to be largely supplied by the concentrates. 



The following ration was fed to Bessie Bates, a Jersey cow 

 owned by the University of Missouri. Her production at the 

 time this ration was given was 40 pounds of milk and 2 pounds 

 of fat per day. Her weight was about 900 pounds, and the 

 total product for the year 13,895 pounds of milk and 680 

 pounds of fat. The same mixture of concentrates was fed 

 during the greater part of her lactation period. 



Missouri Chief Josephine, a Holstein cow weighing 1350 

 pounds, received the following when producing an average of 

 100 pounds of milk per day: 



