EXERCISE 53. FORMULATING RATIONS FOR DAIRY Cows 



1. What improvement can you suggest in a ration for a dairy cow that 

 is receiving alfalfa hay and wheat bran only? How much of these two feeds 

 should a 1200-pound cow receive when yielding 23 pounds of milk (3. 8 per cent 

 fat)? 



2. Make up a balanced ration for a dairy cow (weight 1150 pounds, pro- 

 ducing 36.5 pounds of 3.5 per cent milk), from the following feeds: 



(a) Clover hay and corn-and-cob meal. 



(b) Corn fodder, corn meal, wheat bran and cottonseed meal. 



(c) Pea-vine hay, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls. 



(d) Alfalfa hay, corn silage, milo, barley 



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