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PRINCIPLES OF FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



Table 17. — Savage's Standard for Milk Production 



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Fat in Milk 



Digestible Protein 



Total Nutriment 



Concerning this standard, Savage makes the following 

 statement : '' The writer would further recommend that a 

 cow be fed according to this standard when her conchtion has 

 become normal after calving. Then the grain ration should 

 be increased 1 pound per day and the cow watched closely 

 for one week, a careful record being kept of her milk and fat 

 production. If, at the end of the week, the cow's health is good 

 and she has increased in fat or milk production sufficiently to 

 pay for the increase in feed, another pound per day should 

 be added to the grain ration as l)efore, and so on until the 

 cow is getting all the feed she ^\^ll eat up clean, if she shows 

 in her product that she will pay for the increase each time." 



