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TABLE 5. — Pounds and Acreage of Crops for 183 Days Winter Feeding. 



CROP 



Pounds 

 fed 



Pounns 

 per cow 



Aeres 

 per cow 



Acre* or 

 58 cows 



Acres 

 Available 



Surplus cr 

 shortage 



Corn stover 



. . 14 



5 

 5 

 5 



2562 

 1006 

 1739 

 1190 



.64 



.33 



.57 



.75 



24.32 

 12.54 

 21.66 



28.50 



22.82 

 12.76 

 22.82 

 28.96 



1.50 



Timothy 



Corn meal 



Oats 



.. 5. 

 .. 9- 

 .. 6. 



.22 

 1.16 



.46 



Total acres required 

 winter six months.. 



for the 





1.72 



65.36 







As before stated, it takes 1.88 acres to keep a cow during 

 the summer six months and 1.72 acres during the winter six 

 months — a total of 3.60 acres per cow per year. Thus 135.42 

 acres will support a herd of 38 cows. 



TABLE 6. — Acres of Each Crop Used for Different Purposes. 



Corn Oats Timothy Pasture 



Horses 3-40 5.24 6.24 1.00 



/ Stover 24.32 12.54 56.00 



Cows. J Green 9.5 3.8 



I Grain (23.94) 28-5 



Total 37.22 37.54 18.78 57-00 



Available 38 38 19 57 



Surplus stover 88 .46 .22 



Surplus grain 1.16 



This sized herd would require one bull, and an average of 

 5.3 heifers must be raised each year to replenish the herd. 

 There could then be supported 31.7 milk cows after deducting 

 the feed consumed by the bull and heifers. This number, pro- 

 ducing an average of 5000 pounds of milk per year, would 

 make a total of 158,500 pounds, or an average of 991 pounds 

 of milk per acre. 



