EXERCISE 54 (Continued) 



2. The following grain mixture is fed in a dairy herd : 200 pounds corn- 

 and-cob meal, 100 pounds each of wheat bran and ground oats, and 50 pounds 

 linseed meal. 



Calculate the digestible components, nutritive ratio and weight per quart 

 of this mixture. 



How many pounds should be fed with a good quality of mixed hay, when 

 fed to cows producing 25 pounds of 3.6 per cent milk? 



How much mixed hay, and how much hay and corn silage, should the cows 

 receive with the grain mixture to make a balanced ration? What modifica- 

 tion in the grain mixture would you recommend, if clover hay were the only 

 available roughage? 



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