EXERCISE 62. SOILING CROPS FOR DAIRY Cows 



(Reference, Productive Feeding, Chapter XII) 



1. Suggest a succession of soiling crops adapted to conditions in your 

 state, for a herd of 25 milch cows producing, on the average, a pound of butter 

 fat a day, green feed to be provided from May 1 to October 15, in amounts 

 of 30 to 60 pounds per head daily, according to the crops used. Estimate 

 the yields and acreage of the different crops, and the dates between which 

 they may be cut for green feed. 



Calculate the amounts of hay (a small feed daily) and the kinds and 

 amounts of concentrates to be fed in addition to the soiling crops during the 

 period given. 



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