168 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Cotton-seed meal . . . 



. .5 



.6 



.7 



.9 



1.0 



1.1 



1.2 



1.3 



1.4 



1.6 



1.7 



1.8 



1.9 



Linseed meal N. P. . 



. .6 



.8 



.9 



1.0 



1.2 



1.3 



1.5 



1.6 



1.8 



2.0 



2.1 



2.2 



2.4 



Linseed meal O. P. . 



. .7 



.8 



1.0 



1.2 



1.3 



1.5 



1.6 



1.8 



2.0 



2.1 



2.3 



2.4 



2.6 



Soybean meal 



. .7 



.8 



1.0 



1.2 



1.4 



1.6 



1.7 



1.9 



2.1 



2.2 



2.4 



2.6 



2.7 



Gluten meal 



. .8 



.9 



1.1 



1.3 



1.6 



1.8 



2.0 



2.1 



2.3 



2.5 



2.7 



2.9 



3.1 



Brewer's grain, dry. 



.1.2 



1.5 



1.8 



2.1 



2.4 



2.7 



3.0 



3.3 



3.6 



3.9 



4.1 



4.4 



4.7 



Gluten feed 



.1.3 



1.6 



1.9 



2.2 



2.6 



2.9 



3.2 



3.6 



3.9 



4.2 



4.6 



4.9 



5.2 



Field pea meal 



.1.3 



1.6 



1.9 



2.2 



2.6 



2.9 



3.2 



3.6 



3.9 



4.2 



4.6 



4.9 



5.2 



Cowpea meal 



.2.1 



2.5 



3.1 



3.6 



4.1 



4.6 



5.1 



5.6 



6.1 



6.6 



7.2 



7.7 



8.2 



Wheat middlings ... 



.2.3 



3.0 



3.5 



4.0 



4.6 



5.2 



5.8 



6.3 



7.0 



7.5 



8.1 



8.6 



9.2 



Germ oil meal 



.2.8 



3.5 



4.2 



5.0 



5.6 



6.3 



7.0 



7.6 



8.0 



8.6 



9.2 



10.4 



11.2 



Wheat bran 



.3.8 



4.6 



5.5 



6.3 



7.6 



8.3 



9.2 



10.1 



11.1 



12.0 



12.9 



13.9 



14.8 



Wheat shorts 



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16.8 



In practice it requires extra work to weigh the feed to each 

 cow and this is not necessary. The feeds should be kept in the 

 proper proportions (balanced) and each cow given all she will 

 clean up well. There is a great difference in the capacity of cows 

 of the same weight in both consumption and production and 

 they should be fed according to capacity. It does not pay to 

 crowd cows too hard for a long period of time, nor does it pay to 

 feed too sparingly. There is a point at which the increase in 

 milk ceases to pay for the increase in feed (forced feeding) ; this 

 varies with different cows. Where the best results are to be ob- 

 tained, the characteristics of each individual cow should be 

 studied. 



Soiling. 



By the term soiling we mean the cutting and feeding of 

 green crops. When the cattle are kept in the. barn or lots the 

 entire summer and supplied green feed, it is called complete 

 soiling. When kept on pasture and supplied green feed only 

 during the shortage of pasture, it is called partial soiling. Lit- 

 tle complete soiling is practiced in Illinois at the present time, 

 but the use of soiling crops is increasing and will continue to 

 increase as the price of land advances. 



Advantages. — It has been shown that from two to five times 

 as many cows can be kept on the same amount of land by this 

 system. The animals can be kept in better form because of a 

 regular supply of feed. There is less injury to the land by tramp- 



