FEED AND CARE OE DAIRY COWS 



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Utah— 35 lbs. alfalfa hay, 6^ lbs. wheat bran, 3>^ lbs. barley. 



Vermont— 35 lbs. corn silage, 10 lbs. mixed hay, 2 lbs. bran, 

 3.2 lbs. corn meal, i lb. linseed meal, 0.8 lb. cotton-seed meal. 



West Virginia— 48 lbs. corn silage, 2]^. lbs. corn and cob 

 meal, 2>^ lbs. ground wheat, 2^ lbs. oats, 2j4 lbs. barley 

 meal. 



Washington— 15 lbs. alfalfa hay, 7 lbs. bran, 7 lbs. shorts, 2 

 lbs. malt sprouts. 



Wisconsin — ^22 lbs. corn silage, 4 lbs. clover hay, 4 lbs. timothy 

 hay, 2 lbs. oat straw, 2 lbs. corn stalks, 6 lbs. wheat screenings, 

 2 lbs. malt sprouts, 2 lbs. oil meal, i lb. wheat bran. 



Canada — 30 lbs. corn silage, "jY-. lbs. hay, 6J4 lbs. straw, 25 

 lbs. turnips, 1.3 lbs. pea meal, 2.5 lbs. oats, 1.3 lbs. barley. 



In the 100 rations were included 3 succulent feeds, 18 coarse 

 dry fodders, 27 concentrates, 6 kinds of roots and tubers, and i 

 miscellaneous (skim milk). Of these 55 feeds several were used 

 in many rations. The list that follows shows the number of 

 times the most popular feeds were employed. 



wheat bran 73 



Corn siiage 64 



Mixed hay 42 



Corn meal 42 



Clover hay 40 



Linseed meal 37 



Cotton-seed meal 35 



Oats 35 



Corn fodder and stalks 35 



Timothy hay 21 



Oat straw 16 



Corn and cob meal 14 



Barley 13 



Roots 13 



Wheat shorts 13 



Wheat middlings 11 



Gluten meal 8 



Pea meal 6 



Wheat 3 



Malt sprouts 3 



Nutrients in the 100 Rations in Pounds 



New England States . . . 



Middle States 



Central States 



North Central States • . . 



Southern States 



Rocky Mountain States. 



Pacific States 



Canada 



No. of 

 rations 



II 



31 

 20 

 21 



2 



5 



I 



9 



Dry 

 matter 



24.28 

 24.65 

 22.97 



25-79 

 23.48 

 30.81 

 21.60 

 21.57 



Digestible matter 



P^tein ^i:^^ 



2.10 

 2.27 



1-97 

 2.08 

 2.00 

 3.12 

 2.68 

 1.76 



13-19 

 13.68 

 12.78 



13-79 

 12.14 



15-39 

 IO-54 

 11.69 



0-75 

 0.82 

 0.72 

 0.68 

 1-05 

 0.79 



0-55 

 0.63 



Nutritive 

 ratio 



1:7.1 

 1:6.8 

 1:7-3 

 1:7-3 

 1:7.2 



1:5-5 



1:44 



1:7.4 



