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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Let us next calculate a ration for the dairy cow using thie feeding 

 stuffs named in the first table, and meeting her requirements as given in 

 the third line of the second) tahle. 



CALCULATING A RATION FOR THE DAIRY COW. 



In determining a ration for a dairy cow yielding 22 pound's of milk 

 daily, we choose from the list of feeds in the first table 8 pound's of 

 red clover, 10 pounds of corn stover, 3 pounds of oat straw, for roughage, 

 and 5 pounds each of corn meal and bran for concentrates. The diges- 

 tible nutriments in these are ascertained as follows: 



Calculation for dry matter and digestible nutriments in trial ration 

 for dairy cow. 



RED CLOVER HAY 



In 100 Pounds 





In 8 Pounds 



6.8^100x8 



35.8^100X8 



1.7-^100x8 



OAT STRAW 



.544 



2.864 

 .136 



In 100 Pounds 





In 3 Pounds 



1.2^100x3 

 38.6-^100x3 



.8^100x3 





.036 



1.158 



.024 



In 100 Pounds 



CORN MEAL 



In 5 Pounds. 



7.8^100x5 



66.7h-100x5 



4.3-^-100x5 





.39 

 3 335 

 .215 



In 100 Pounds 



CORN STOVER 



In 10 Pounds. 



1.7-=- 100x10 



32.4^100X10 



.7-f- 100X10 





.17 

 2.24 



.07 



In 100 Pounds 



BRAN 



In 5 Pounds: 



12.2-^100x5 



39.2-^100x5 



2 7-^100x5 





.61 

 1.96 

 .1.35 



