Feeding Dairy Cattle 



fitted with same ration as the other heifers. Also fed same test 

 ration only in a much smaller quantity. The roughage also 

 was made up of same material. Hope this will help you out 

 on your book of 'Feeding Dairy Cattle.' " 

 Bess Johanna Ormsby 



Mr. J. R. Danks, superintendent of cattle department at 

 the Winterthur Farms has written me statement of the feed- 

 ing of Bess Johanna Ormsby, when she made her last 7-day 

 record, from February 22 to March i, 1921. Mr. Bank's 

 letter follows : 



"The record was: 30.536 pounds of butterfat; 650.4 

 pounds of milk. 



"Her daily ration was as follo^^s : 



"Six pounds ration No. 7, 6 pounds ration No. 8, 2 pounds 

 ground oats, ij4 pounds oil meal, 16 pounds silage, 25 pounds 

 alfalfa hay, 5 pounds beet pulp, 26 pounds mangels. 



"Ration No. 7 is composed of: 300 pounds bran, 300 

 pounds oats, 100 pounds hominy, 100 pounds, oil meal, 100 

 pounds distillers, 50 pounds gluten. 



"Ration No. 8 is composed of: 200 pounds ground oats, 

 200 pounds bran, 200 pounds distillers, 200 pounds oil meal, 

 50 pounds cottonseed. This cow was fed one quarter of her 

 daily ration at 4:30 a. m., and milked while she was eating. 

 This was done again at 10 :30 a. m., 4 :30 p. m., and 10 :30 p. m. 



"At 7:30 a. m. she was turned in the paddock for exercise 

 for about one hour. During the balance of the time she was 

 kept in a good roomy box stall equipped with watering 

 device. She was given about all the grain she would eat with 

 relish. 



"This cow has, of course, made two previous 7-day 

 records but, as they were made quite some time ago, 1 am 

 not sure about the feed and management, therefore, I am 

 giving you her latest record. As I understand it, you are 

 not interested in her semi-ofTicial record. 



"The amount of grain, also the roughage, varied slightly 

 from day to day but the various kinds of grain fed remained 

 the same throughout the test." 



Many other letters could be quoted on the subject of 

 feeding cows for 7-day tests, but these letters that have been 

 given will give us what we want very fully, and it seems 

 unnecessary to quote more. 



PEEDINP COWS IN THE YEARLY DIVISION 



It is with much pleasure that I am able to lead ofif the 

 discussion of feeding cows for the yearly advanced registry 

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