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exceeded this cow's record and such could be in the Illinois Experiment 

 Station barns. 



A balanced ration for the scrub cow, making 100 pounds of butter 

 per year, as some dairy farmers did ihirty years ago in the eastern states 

 on grass and hay, needed .7 pounds protein for maintenance, .5 pounds 

 for the V 2 pound butter a day, 10.68 pounds carbohydrates and fat with a 

 ratio of 1:88, while the high bred cow making 600 pounds of butter per 

 year needs .7 pound protein for maintenance, 3 pounds for 3 pounds but- 

 ter (for best days), 3.7 pounds protein, 16.45 pounds carbohydrates and 

 fat, with a ration of 1:44. They are both well. 



Per day Protein. Carb. Ratio 



Scrub cow, 100 lbs. butter per yeart/2 It). 1.2 lbs. 10.68 1:88 



High bred, 600 lbs. butter per year J lbs. 3.7 lbs. 16.45 1:44 



Balanced rations for butter production. The former could be made 

 from grass and hay, no grain. The latter requires grass, hay, silage, 

 roots and ground grains with high per cent of protein 365 days in the 

 year. One hundred pounds of butter ($20.00) might pay for grass and 

 hay used and interest and loss on a $40.00 cow, but no profit. Six hun- 

 dred pounds of butter ($120.00) would pay for a large amount of high 

 priced grain with interest and loss of a $500 cow, and then leave 100 per 

 cent profit. 



The scrub cow is usually fed much more than she can use, while 

 the high bred cow is rarely fed enough. The records of the few cows 

 | that are fed up to their capacity are disbelieved as much by the low bred 

 cow owner as the balanced rations a?'e. 



Let us try to get closer together on this balanced ration question, 

 and then we can better understand wherein she is profitable, and more 

 of us get tne benefit of ner. 



The dairyman that is content with 150 to 200 pounds of butter or its 

 equivalent in milk per annum may feed a wide ration, using corn, oats, 

 fodder and hay, with summer pasture. The winter feed showing a ratio 

 of 1:10 and the sufimer feed 1:4. But the 300 pounds or 400 pounds of 



