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RATIONS FOR DAIRY COWS. 



In the sample rations submitted below average conditions 

 are considered. The quantity of grain may be increased or les- 

 sened in proportion to the milk yield. In general a cow should 

 be fed one pound of grain for every three pounds of 5% milk 

 yielded. If fed a bright legume hay and good silage and the 

 milk averages around 3.3% to 3.5% butter-fat give one pound 

 of grain to four or five pounds of milk. The several rations 

 given below are in use in different parts of the country. Some 

 are for cows yielding a heavy milk flow, others for cows yield- 

 ing only a moderate amount. The roughage allotment may be 

 fed to a cow in any state of milk lactation, but the grain may be 

 increased or decreased in proportion as the milk. yield is large 

 or small. 



Some Sample Dairy Rations. 



1. 



Corn silage 40 pounds 



Clover hay 15 pounds 



Ground corn 3 pounds 



Cottonseed meal 1 pound 



3 



Soy bean silage 36 pounds 



Alfalfa hay 8 pounds 



Corn meal 6 pounds 



Cowpea hay 17 pounds 



Corn silage 36 pounds 



Cottonseed meal 2 pounds 



7 



Mixed hay 5 pounds 



Corn silage 30 pounds 



Wheat bran 6 pounds 



2 



Corn silage 40 pounds 



Timothy hay 15 pounds 



Ground corn 3 pounds 



Cottonseed meal 3 pounds 



Gluten meal 2 pounds 



4 



Corn silage 36 pounds 



Corn stover 6 pounds 



Wheat bran 4 pounds 



Dried brewers' grains . . 4 pounds 



6 



Corn stover 5 pounds 



Corn silage 36 pounds 



Wheat bran 4 pounds 



Dried brewers' grains . . 3 pounds 

 Cottonseed meal 2 pounds 



8 



Crimson clover hay 10 pounds 



Cowpea hay 36 pounds 



Corn and cob meal 6 pounds 



