142 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 205. 



As a Component of the Grain Ration. 



Wheat bran or mixed feed, 

 Cottonseed meal, 

 Dried apple pomace. 



Corn or corn and cob meal. 

 Cottonseed meal, 

 Dried apple pomace, 



Feed 1 pound of any of the above mixtures for each 3 pounds of milk 

 produced. It is considered safe to feed at least 4 pounds of the pomace 

 daily in dry condition, pro^^ding the cows have frequent access to water. 



As a Substitute for Corn Silage. 

 Seven pounds of kiln dried apple pomace may be fed daily, after being 

 well moistened with water, as a substitute for a bushel of corn silage 

 weighing 30 pounds. It is not advised to feed too large quantities at 

 first, but to begin with 2 or 3 pounds of the dried pomace daily and grad- 

 ually increase to 7 pounds. It is doubtful if, pound for pound on the same 

 moisture basis, the pomace will prove fully equal in feeding value to well- 

 preserved and well-eared corn silage, but it certainly will approach it. 

 This amount of dried pomace, together with what hay the animal will 

 clean up daily, — 10 to 16 pounds, — may constitute the roughage 

 ration; and in addition the cow should receive from 4 to 10 pounds of a 

 suitable grain mixture, depending upon the ability to profitably utilize 

 it. The following grain mixtures are suggested: — 



I. Pounds. 



Cottonseed or linseed meal, . 300 



Gluten feed or coconut meal, . 300 

 Corn or corn and cob meal or 

 hominy feed or ground oats or 



barley 300 



Wheat bran 200 



Wheat middlings, . . .100 



III. Pounds. 



Gluten feed or coconut meal, . 300 



Wheat bran or wheat mixed feed, 200 



Corn or corn and cob meal or 



hominy feed or ground oats or 



barley 100 



II- Pounds, 



Cottonseed or linseed meal, . 100 



Corn or corn and cob meal, or 

 hominy feed or ground oats or 



barley 100 



Wheat bran or mixed feed, . . 100 



IV. Pounds. 



Cottonseed meal, . . . 100 



Corn or corn and cob meal, . 100 



Ration IV is rather less bulky than the other rations, and may be fed 

 mixed more or less with the moistened pomace as a precaution against 

 digestive disturbances. 



