Feeding Dairy Cattle 



June, 1913. 19 lbs. grain daily of the following mixture: 



250 lbs. bran, 50 lbs. each, hominy, ground oat.s, cott.Jl;^eed 



meal and oil meal; 3 lbs. beet pulp, 2 lbs. molas.ses, green 



feed. 



July, 191 3. 18 lbs. grain daily of the following mixture, 

 on 1st and from nth to 31st; 15 lbs. daily from 2nd to nth; 

 250 lbs. bran, 50 lbs. each, hominy, cottonseed meal, ground 

 oats, and oil meal; 100 lbs. gluten, 3 lbs. each, molasses and 

 beet pulp; corn fodder from ist to 15th; clover from 17th 

 to 31st. 



August, 1913. 18 lbs. grain daily of the following mix- 

 ture : 250 lbs. bran, 50 lbs. each, hominv, cottonseed meal, 

 and oil meal; 100 lbs. gluten, 3 lbs. each, beet pulp and 

 molasses ; corn fodder, alfalfa, clover, with pasture. 



The first grain mixture is a little more complicated than 

 the second, due to the addition of sugar malt, not a common 

 feed, and it is doubtful if it made the ration any more 

 efficient because the record of the second cow is practically 

 as great as that of the first. 



To show the kind of feeding practiced at Cornell Uni- 

 versity, the feeding of a young cow for the months of May, 

 June, July and August, is given. She made a yearly record 

 of 620 lbs of butterfat, was dry eight weeks and then made a 

 sfveii-day record of 24 lbs. of butterfat, which put her in the 

 30-lb. class. Her 30-day record in this lactation was 2481. i 

 lbs. milk, 94.129 lbs. butterfat. 



Her feed record for May, June, July, and August, 191 5, 

 was as follows: 



May. 15 lbs. daily of the following grain mixture: 300 

 Ib.s. distillers' dried grains, 200 ll)s. hominy, 200 lbs. wheat 

 bran, 200 lbs. cottonseed meal, 100 lbs. gluten feed, 50 lbs. 

 corn silage, 11 lbs. of hay. The last of the month the hay. 

 was dropped and some green grass fed. 



June. 12 lbs. daily of the same grain mixture as in May. 



All the green feed (grass, peas and oats, etc.) she would eat. 



July. 14 lbs. daily of the same grain mixture as in May ; 



50 lbs. green alfalfa until July 17th; July 18 to 24. 30 lbs. 



peas and oats silage; July 25 to 31, 30 lbs. corn silage. 



August. 9 to 14 lbs. daily of the same grain mixture as 

 in May; 30 to 35 lbs. daily of corn silage; some pasture and 

 hay. 



These three statements of actual rations fed show the 

 kind of ration, the feeds used, and illustrates again the need 

 for succulence, variety, plenty of bulk, and plenty of protein 

 in the ration. 



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