LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



6S 



REPORT OF HERD '' R." 



This dairy contained Holsteins, grade Holsteins, Shorthorns 

 and grade Shorthorns. It was a good herd. The records of 

 these cows do not do them full justice for the corn stover w^as not 

 of very good quality, it being somewhat mouldy, and the owner 

 was so rushed with work that he could not give his dairy the 

 proper attention all the time. The poor corn stover and the lack: 

 of competent help are two factors that had a direct bearing upon 

 the record of this herd. The cows during most of the year weie 

 well cared for and received a liberal supply of grain togeth-:i 

 with all the corn stover they would eat. During the summe* 

 months the cows received nothing but pasture grass. In the 

 winter they received the following: 



RATION. 



Dry Carbohy- 



Food Stuff. Lb. Matter. Protein. drates. Fat. 



Oil meal 2.5 2.27 .732 .817 .185 



Corn meal 12.0 10.69 .948 8.004 .51G 



Corn stover 20.0 11.90 .340 6.480 .140 



Timothy hay 8.0 G.94 .224 3.472 .112 



Total nutrients 31.80 2.244 18.773 .952 



Of the 20 pounds of corn stover that was fed, not over one- 

 half of it was consumed by the cows. 



Wdiile this ration contains enough nutrients for cows giv- 

 ing large flows of milk, yet, the comi^ination of oil meal and 

 corn meal make a very concentrated grain ration. Wheat 

 bran or some other light meal substituted for 6 pounds of the 

 corn meal would have made a more palatable and a 

 Ijetter ration. The grain part of the ration was fed with finely 

 cut second crop timothy hay. The cows showed no ill effects 

 from this system of feeding and they were in good health wheo 

 they were turned out to grass. The cut hay helped to lighten 

 the grain part of their feed, which perhaps, accounts for the herd 

 doing so well on the above ration. While the cows appeared to 



