124 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
Ration B is suited for use on farms where the corn crop is 
preserved as silage, and where cheaper coarse hays and some 
rowen are available. A small amount of coarse, bulky hay, 
such as would be furnished from the poorer grasses, or from 
oats, is very valuable for use with the silage. The use of 
rowen lessens the amount of gluten feed that would be needed 
to give a well-balanced ration. ‘The Cleveland flax meal is an 
improved new process linseed; samples recently sold in the 
markets contain as high as 35 to 4o per cent. of protein. Such 
a feed, therefore, is valuable for increasing: the nitrogenous 
part of the ration. 
















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Ration for Cows giving 10-20 
Lbs. of Milk Per Day. Lbs. | Lbs. Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs, Cal. z= 
Basal ration: 
Corn silage, - 2 - 30 wpe GO moana I 4.2 9300 | — 
Oat hay, - . “ 3 27 ttre hd ah, OO I.0O 2445 | — 
Rowen hay (mixed grasses),| 5 4.2 PAT OS wat) 4925 | — 
Wheat bran, - i. - 4 3.5 48° [2,15 1.5 4220 | — 
Buffalo gluten feed, 3 3 a7 .68 ..10 1.5 4410 | — 
Total ration, : . ma 2G. Sie sory 56 | 10,2) 25300 Wesco 
Ration for Cows giving 20-25 
Lbs. of Milk. 
Basal ration (as above), = —"} 20.5 2°07) |. 56.210. 29 a8 200 een eee 
Protein mixture: 
Clevel’d flax meal, 2 parts, 
Buffalo gluten feed,1 part, : ae eee ek ae ee 
Total ration, 2 - Ty 22.4 |-2.37 1° .59 410.6} 207t oni ee 
Ration for Cows giving 25-30 
Lbs. of Milk. 
Basal ration (as above), Top 4920.5) 2.07 1 56 1550.2.) or sogmimeee 
Protein mixture, - - - 2 1.8 .60 | .06 ee) 2820 | — 
Total ration, - - =>} 22.3 | 2.07 |..62°) 110") 287804 sane 
Ration for Cows giving 70-75 
Lbs. of Milk. 
Basal ration (as above), “OST 205.) 2.07 4.50, 1 TO: 2 ieee eee 
Protein mixture, - - = 3 27 .90 | .09g tee 4230 | — 
Total ration, - - —'|23.2° | 2.97°|.65 | 11.44 eoggo aes 





