Feeding Dairy Cattle 



but the times when purebred breeders find themselves with- 

 out corn silage and alfalfa hay when testing should be so 

 seldom as never to require notice. 



Other Suggestions: Most breeders prefer to keep their 

 animals in a cool, very well ventilated stable free from drafts. 

 The cows should be blanketed. Very careful handling and 

 quiet should prevail at all times. Occasionally an individual 

 will be found who will respond to an extra amount of some 

 particular feed, such as gluten feed, ground oats, oil meal, 

 etc. In case this is known to the feeder, it goes without 

 saying that she may receive regularly or from time to time, 

 a pound or two of this particular feed, clear, on top of a little 

 less amount of the regular test mixture that is being fed to 

 other test cows. Attention to little details of comfort and 

 individuality will be repaid many times in bigger results on 

 the part of the cow being fed. 



XV. Feeding Test Cows at Cornell University 



AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY many creditable 

 advanced registry tests have been made with several of 

 them well above the 30-pound mark. Professor H. H. 

 Wing, who has complete charge of the feeding and breeding 

 of the Holstein-Friesian herd at Cornell Lniversity,.can point 

 to the development of this herd with pride, and the one cow 

 that fully justifies our statement that Professor Wing knows 

 how to breed and feed Holstein cows, is Glista Ernestine 



In the feeding and development of this cow, Professor 

 Wing has succeeded in getting her to make seven advanced 

 registry records of better than 30 pounds. These records 

 are showin in table as follows : 

 Time of Record Milk 



February, 1913 548.3 lbs. 



September, 1915 625.7 lbs. 



October, 1916 709.7 lbs. 



February, 1918 823.3 lbs. 



February, 1919 815.8 lbs. 



May, 1920 666.5 lbs. 



May, 1921 522.4 lbs. 



No Other cow so far as I know, has 

 records in seven different lactations. 



It is worth while to give in general, the methods used in 

 feeding and testing under Professor Wing's direction. The 

 best way to summarize the general methods and our ideas of 

 good practice is to reprint the article by C. L. Allen which 

 was published in the World May i, 1920, Mr. G. W 



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