70 THE FARM DAIRY. 



6. To make milk cheaply, the cow will always 

 sueeeed better with a variety rather than with a 

 single feed, even though the latter be the most per- 

 fect single feed known. 



7. When feeding a heavy ground grain ration, it 

 is best to mix some coarse bulky feed, such as bran 

 or chopped hay. Bran, however, is very expensive 

 at present. 



8. If bran, oats and chopped hay are too expen- 

 sive, try the plan of feeding a mixture of three or 

 mare grains. 



>i( 9.j Silage is one of the best foods known to stimu- 

 late milk flow, providing sufficient protein feed is 

 given in connection with it. 



\ Itt Silage cannot produce milk alone, since it has 

 lltfie protein in it. Many farmers have tried feeding 

 corn meal, timothy hay and silage, and soon found 

 that cows shrank in milk, which is to be expected. 

 Silage is a fattening food, and if no protein is fed 

 with it, a cow must soon shrink in milk flow. If 

 clover or alfalfa is fed, then the succulent silage is a 

 stimulant to production. 



Do not condemn silage because you found it 

 ting. Part of its value is as a stimulant and an 

 aid to digestion, but there must be other feeds with 

 it. 



Ration No. 1. 



Libs. 



Clover hay 15 



Com & cob meal. 11 



Oil meal . . .' 1 



Gluten meal 2 



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