The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-12
FEEDING A H1eH-Y1E1DIro

6o2.91 pounds Of butter fat testing =
year was fed as follows. II one
daily Ration Oct, %
Jan. 10, 1894: Corn ansii los6' to
pounds, hay 10 pounds = 80
pounds, corn meal 4 pounds 'e Fan
seed (oil) meal ~ pounds Inso ooS'oa
meal ~ pounds, ground os 0l
pounds. O"s
"Daily Ration Jan. Il ,oo.
July 10, 1894: Corn ensilaa - ! 70
IS pounds, hay 2 to 8 pounds y =
IL pounds. corn meal 5 ponn6. O''a
ton seed meal l pound, oil ma. ~
pound. '~
Daily Rations July Il, $50,
Sept. 1, 1894; Corn ensiIaoa o. \
35 pounds, hay 2 pounds, br. y y
pounds, corn meal 6 pounds oa4.
seed meal and linseed oil moo1 '''a
1 pound. '''l
Daily Ration Sept. 2nd, 1891 !.
Oct. 90, 1894: Corn ensilago a. . .
pounds, hay L to ~ pound. bra 49,
pounds, corn meal 8 pounds, oil NO.,
1 pound.
Thus it will be seen the ration o..
sisted essentially Of
Corn ensilage 80 to 35 pounds
Wheat bran 8 to IL pounds.
Corn meal 3 to 8 pounds.
Oil meals 1 to 8 pounds.
Oats (for a time) 2 pounds.
Hay first period 10 pounds.
Hay after first period 1 to e ha
The hay was high in first perid sn u
doubtless was reduced to about w5..
the COW would consume in Iat..
periods.
The grain ration began with n
pounds, went to % pounds and the,
dropped to 10 and IL pounds. The
great capacity for food coupled with
stamina, or constitution enough Il
assimilate and turn to account "a
large an amount Of food for 50 lone
a time is remarkable. Twenty.tvo
pounds of meal of which over half i
bran and over one-third meal is !
heavy ration. The bran is bulky
but with this the COW is credited 4
ration of 10 pounds of. hay. We
should like to know how much d
the hay was eaten and how much
was rejected, since this part i
ordinarily the portion which The
waste falls most heavily.
MISS BoBoLINK's FEED.
This COW made the second best
record for N. j. Bowd1toh, MiHWool
Farm, birmingham, Mass. The
yield was IL, 437 pounds milk averag.
ing 4.8 per cent. butter fat or $685.
pounds fat and 1864 or 1923 pounds
of butter in one year, according to
adding one-sixth of the fat or CacG
lating at 85 per cent. fat for butter.
The meal feed for the year was q
follows, except that when cob mea
was out one quart less Of corn meal
was fed: Cob meal ~ quarts, bran
4 quarts, oil meal 1 quart. Oct. Isl
to May, Is pounds hay May to Sep
TENDER, pasture with the grain. Sep
TENDER, one bushel cut corn fodder
was added to pasture and gram.
This was a much more economical
ration than the above for BrOtann8'
We think the most interesting ana
notable feature of this test is tAS
record of development made on tls
Wildwood Farm. This COW is a proai
uct of development first by tlS
sire Mr.. E. F. Bowditch impartel
the foundation, and laterly by tn7
son, Mr.. N. j. Bowditch.
We cannot estimate the weight y
the grain ration of Miss Bobolink a
over 8 to 9 pounds. We would puI
cob meal at ~ pounds per quar-
bran at approximately a pound p
quart, and oil meal ~ to ~ pounqs
We are indebted to the admlrSOp
little year book by Secretary Oapl
we'll, Petersboro, N. H., fOrthe COLI
records a few of which Wen8''
hastily reviewed abeve.
We are glad to say there are tnl0,
or four notable herds of this prev
of cattle in North Carolina, aneD
which there are some individuals =
distinct merit, though no ono
them appears by even an lndl'Ius
record in the tables which we 10,
reviewed above. In one or t"oC",
animals tested North may have y"
in North Carolina, but we