EXERCISE 57. RATIONS FOR DAIRY Cows ON OFFICIAL TESTS 



1. The following daily ration is fed a high-producing cow weighing 1500 

 pounds: 40 pounds corn silage, 35 pounds alfalfa hay, 8 pounds barley, 7 

 pounds dried beet pulp, 4 pounds wheat bran. 



Calculate the digestible nutrients in the ration and compare with stand- 

 ards. How much butter fat should a cow produce to be entitled to such a 

 ration? 



2. Make calculations as in the preceding ration with the following 

 ration: 30 pounds Indian corn silage (from well-eared, nearly mature corn), 

 10 pounds clover hay, 35 pounds sugar beets, 21 pounds of a grain mixture 

 consisting of bran, ground oats, gluten feed, equal parts by weight, and 3 

 pounds linseed meal. 



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