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in the mixture is desirable. In a general way com 

 and barley are interchangeable; the same is true 

 with oats and bran. If oats is cheaper than bran 

 I feed it, otherwise bran is used. We always use oil 

 meal instead of gluten feed because it is manufac- 

 tured up here. On general principles I do not be- 

 lieve in going farther away from home for our feed 

 stuffs than is absolutely necessary. 



A cow weighing 608 lbs., yielding a daily average 

 for the winter of 22 lbs. of milk testing 5.4 per cent 

 butter-fat, had com 4 lbs., barley 1 lb., bran 3 lbs., 

 oil meal 2 lbs., prairie hay & lbs., silage 16 lbs. 



A cow weighing 821 lbs., yielding a daily average 

 for the winter of 23.8 lbs. of milk (1.15 lbs. fat per 

 day), had com 4 lbs., barley 1 lb., bran 3 lbs., oil 

 meal 2 lbs., prairie hay 10 lbs., silage (drilled corn) 

 25 lbs. 



A cow weighing 1,095 lbs., yielding a daily average 

 for the winter of 33 lbs. milk testing 3.5 per cent but- 

 ter-fat, had com 4 lbs., barley 2 lbs., bran 4 lbs., oil 

 meal 2 lbs., prairie hay 10 lbs., silage 30 lbs. 



For a cow weighing 1,000 lbs. and. yielding daily 

 20 lbs. of milk testing 4.5 per cent butter-fat, this 

 ration is good: com 4 lbs., barley 3 lbs., clover hay 

 20 lbs. 



For a cow weighing 1,200 lbs. and yielding daily 

 30 lbs. of milk testing 3 per cent butter-fat, the fol- 

 lowing ration is good: Com 4 lbs., barley 2 lbs., 

 bran 4 lbs., clover and timothy hay 20 lbs. 



University of Nebraska.— A. L. Haecker, 

 Dairy Husbandry, Agriciiltural Experimerit 

 Station, Lincoln, makes these suggestions: 



