Feeding Dairy Cattle 155 
Grain Mixture ror Cautr Ration 
3 parts corn meal 
3 parts ground oats 
3 parts wheat bran 
1 part linseed meal 
Aas, Mo. Grain Mixture Ls. | SUMMER | WINTER 
6 2 pasture clover hay 
12 4 pasture clover hay 
18 6 pasture clover hay 
QUESTIONS 
1, Which standard calls for the most protein, Wolff-Lehman, Armsby, 
or Haecker? Which calls for the most carbohydrates? Which standard 
is the most accurate for the cow yielding milk containing a high percent- 
age of fat? 
2. Does the food fed affect the percentage of fat? The percentage of 
total solids? The color of the fat? The churning properties of the milk? 
Or, the total yield of milk? 
3. Name six foods that affect the flavor of milk. When should such 
foods be fed? Why should hay not be fed immediately before milking? 
4, How much protein would there be in the milk of a cow yielding 30 
pounds per day? What factors would influence this? What other needs 
would the cow have for protein? Where must this protein come from? 
5. Why does the heavy yielding milk cow need large amounts of water? 
In how many ways may this be supplied? What food calls for a heavy 
consumption of water ? 
6. Why is succulent food so essential to the high yielding milk cow? 
In how many ways may this succulence be supplied? Which is the more 
digestible? Which promotes milk yield more efficiently ? 
7. How many acres of soiling crops would be required for a herd of 
twenty cows in your vicinity? Arrange a soiling system that will fill 
your conditions. Since the soiling system is so efficient, why is it. not in 
more general use with dairy farmers? 
8. Why are cows on test for advanced registry records fed and milked 
