Feeding Dairy Cattle 



"Yours of recent date to Mr. Hardy has been handed to 

 me for reply regarding the feeding and management of the 

 cows, 'Glen Alex Queen De Kol 3rd,' and as Mr. Hardy in 

 his reply to you, mentioned our other cow or rather heifer, 

 namely, 'Lady Waldorf Sylvia,' this heifer having the honor 

 of holding the world's record for 305 days after having made 

 over 28 pounds butter in 7 days at 2 years, 7 months. Name 

 and number of first heifer is Glen Alex Queen De Kol 3rd, 

 number 382579, born March 23, 1917, and the second heifer is 

 Lady AA'aldorf Sylvia, number 399694, born March 23, 1917. 

 Glen Alex Queen De Kol 3rd freshened December 2, 1919, 

 and at that time started in and made the world's records for 

 seven and thirty days for heifer with first calf. Lady Wal- 

 dorf Sylvia heifer freshened November 20, 1919, and started 

 in making her great record. Now both of these heifers were 

 born the same day and both weighed almost alike at time of 

 freshening. They both weighed a little over 1650 pounds. 

 Both were fitted with same ration and both fed same ration 

 while being tested. Fitting ration was composed of bran, 

 200 pounds; hominy, 100 pounds; ground oats, 100 pounds;, 

 and oil meal, 100 pounds. Both heifers ran on grass until 

 in October but were brought in daily for about three 

 months, and fed the above ration together with whatever 

 silage they would eat which was not very large on account 

 of eating a certain amount of grass. About three weeks 

 before freshening each got at least one feed of roots a day. 

 When grass was done they had all the clover hay they wished 

 to clean up. Both freshened in fine condition and started 

 in making their records. The first two days after freshening 

 they both had a light ration of bran and oil meal. Third day 

 starting in on test ration, being fed 8 pounds a day to start 

 on, increasing gradually. Test ration composed of distillers' 

 grains 336 pounds, bran 207 pounds, ground oats 156 pounds, 

 gluten feed 142 pounds, hominy 114 pounds, oil meal 50 

 pounds, salt 10 pounds, charcoal 10 pounds. This ration was 

 fed four times dail}', roots als(5 four times, silage three times, 

 omitting the midnight feed. This was good corn silage, of 

 course, also fed good alfalfa hay twice daily, morning and 

 evening. This I think constitutes the feed fed to produce 

 both world's records. You mention in your letter about 

 'Walnutcrest Rag Apple Buttercup.' The record this heifer 

 made at two years old of course was not a world's record 

 although she won first prize association money a year ago 

 making over 28 pounds. Her number is 428001 and born 

 January 28, 1918, and freshened March 16, 1920, and was 



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