FEEDING FOR MILK 



For Cows Weighing 1,000 Pounds 



71 



In practice it may also be broadly stated that there should be a 

 certain proportion of coarse fodder, or roughage, to the more con- 

 centrated foodstuffs, as grain and bye-products. Haecker's rule 

 giving one pound of concentrated food for every three pounds of 

 milk yield, affords a very useful basis for calculating a ration. 



Thus, for a daily ration, 20 to 40 lbs. of roughage, including 

 hay, silage, stover, etc., may be fed with about 8 lbs. of concen- 

 trates (consisting preferably of a mixture of a variety of grains) to 

 a cow of average size and giving about 25 lbs. of milk daily. To 

 cows giving daily 35 lbs. of milk, 10 lbs. of concentrates are suitable, 



