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If this ration is fed in warm weather, and the ration for the whole day is 

 mixed at once, it should be mixed just before the evening feed, and then it 

 would not ferment to any harm before the next morning feed. We think W. 

 will find this a good ration for stable feeeding. But if he turns to good pasture, 

 then to develop his heifers he may feed at evening 3 Ibs. cut bay, mixed with 2 

 Ibs. ground corn and oats, 2 Ibs. wheat bran and i Ib. oil meal. This will keep 

 up their improved condition and yield of miik, and assist in establishing a large 

 milking habit. 



"Please give ration for Holstein cows weighing 1,000 to 1,200 Ibs., coming in 

 in the spring. I want to feed clover ensilage twice a day, and cut corn ensilage 

 once. I have shorts, corn meal, oil meal and cottonseed meal. I am very will- 

 ing to feed liberally. I. S. A." 



NETHERLAND ALBAN. No. 4584 H. F. H. B.; ADVANCED REGISTRY, 34. 



I. S. A., having two kinds of ensilage, and wishing to feed twice of clover 

 and once of corn ensilage, may mix 7 Ibs. corn meal with 30 Ibs. clover ensilage, 

 and this will form the two feeds, morning and noon, largest half given in the 

 morning. The corn meal should be mixed very evenly with the clover ensilage. 

 Clover is rich in albuminoids, and corn meal in carbohydrates. These will go 

 well together. Now let him mix 4 Ibs. of shorts and 1 Ib. of cottonseed meal 

 with 20 Ibs. corn ensilage, all well mixed together, and let this be the evening 

 feed. This will be safe to feed to the cows coming in in the spring, and it will 

 not be a very large ration for cows of their weight, but as they will become dry 

 the ration should not be larger. The combination with clover ensilage will 

 have the following digestible nutrients in pounds : 



Albuminoids. Carbohydrates. Fat. 



0.69 3.00 0.18 



30 Ibs. clover ensilage, 

 7 " corn meal, 



0.59 



Total, 



4.41 



7.41 



0.33 

 0.51 



Ratio 1 to 6.7. The evening feed is as follows : 



