THE FEED REQUIREMENTS OF FARM ANIMALS lr>l 



Table 23. — Amounts of Different Feeds Equivalent to 

 One Feed Unit (Continued) 



Feedingstuff 



Corn stover, corn fodder, straw 



Green alfalfa 



Corn silage 



Wet brewers' grains .... 



Sugar beets 



Carrots 



Rutabagas 



Field beets, rape 



Turnips, mangels, fresh beet pulp 

 Pasture, per day 



The following feeding standard ^ for dairy cows has been 

 proposed by Hansson, of the Royal Swedish Academy for a 

 1000-pound cow per day : 



For maintenance, 0.65 lb. digestible protein and 6.6 feed units. 

 For production, 0.045 lb. to 0.05 lb. digestible protein and § feed 

 unit per pound of milk. 



Thus a ration for a 1100-pound cow giving 40 pounds of 

 milk is calculated as follows : 



' Depending upon kind and condition. 



2 Alter Woll, " Productive Feeding of Furn. Animals," p. 80. 



