ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 103, 



Arranging these results in tabular form, with the standard of table 

 for comparison, we have the following: 



First trial ration for dairy cow weighing 1000 pounds and yielding 22 



pounds of milk daily: 



Feeding Stuffs Dig-estil)le Nutriments 



Protein Carbohy- Ether 



Lbs. cirates L.bs. Ext.Lbs' 



Red clover hay, 8 pounds 544 2.864 .136- 



Corn stover, 10 pounds 17 3.24 .Qi? 



Oat straw, 3 pounds 036 1.158 .024 



Corn meal, 5 pounds 39 3.335\ .21& 



Bran 61 1.96 .135- 



First trial ration 1.750 12.557 .580 



Standard. 2.5 13.0' .50 



This trial falls considerably below the standard, especially in protein, 

 and to correct this, 3 pounds of oil meal are added. 



Second trial ration for dairy cow weighing 1000 pounds and yielding 

 22 pounds of milk daily. .r 



Feeding Stuffs Digestible Nutrients 



Protein Carbohy- Ether 



Lbs. drates Lbs. Ext.Lbs; 



Ration as above 1.750 12.557 .580 



Oil meal; 3 pounds 879 .981 .21 



Second trial ration 2.629 13.538 .79 



Standard 2.5 13.0 .50 



The firsit ration chosen with 3 pound,^ of oil meal added gives us a ra- 

 tion very close to the standard. 



We learn from this that a satisifactory ration for a diairy cow weigh- 

 ing 1000 pounds and yielding 22 pounds of milk daily may be composed of 

 the following: Red clover, 8 pounds; corn stover, 10 pounds; corn meal 

 and bran, each 3 pounds. 



TEACHING THESE THINGS IN OUR COUNTRY SCHOOLS. 



What I have told you in this brief space of time represents a dozen 

 talks or more, if need be, by the enthusiastic, intelligent teacher of the 

 rural school. Lack of time and tho necessities of the case have caused me 

 to be brief before you today and to crowd a great many facts into a few 

 brief sentences. I ask you as tho ughtf ul farmers if I have not presented a 



