Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21

the large breeds 40 or more; and the
medum-sized ones amounts vary be-
tween.
Ironclad directions for feeding cows
can not be given. In general, however,
they should be supplied with all the
roughage they will clean up with grain
in proportion to butterfat produced The
hay will ordinarily range between five
and 12 pounds per COW per day when fed
in connection with siage. For Holstens
one pound of concentrates for each four
pounds of milk produced will prove about
right For Jerseys one pound for each
three pounds of milk or less will come
nearer meeting the requirements. The
grain for other breeds will vary between
these two according to the quality Of
milk produced A good rule is to feed
seven times as much grain as their Is
butterfat produced.
The following rations will be found
good
For a 300 pound COW yielding 20 pounds
of milk testing 3.5 per cent:
Pounds.
Glover. cowpea. or alfalfa hay..1o
For the same COW yielding % pounds
of 3.5 per cent. milk;
Pounds.
Glover, cowpea, or alfalfa hay. 5
Grain mixture ..............,........5
For a 90N-pound COW yielding 30 pounds
Of five per cent milk:
Pounds.
SilaEe ................... ....,........So
Glover. Cowpea, or alfalfa hay. 10
Grain mixture ......................1
For the same COW yielding 10 pounds
OF five per cent. milk:
Pounds.
Slage RECOMMENDATIONS. .,......oo
Glover, cowpea, or alfalfa hay. s
Grain mixture ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A good grain mixture to be used in a
ration which includes silage and some
sort OF leguminous hay is composed Of
Parts.
Corn chop Observation-Disclosures.
Wheat bran .........................2
| Linseed-oil meal or cottonseed
| meal .,........., .......,..........l
In case the hay used is not OF this kind
some of the corn chop may be replaced
by linseed or cottonseed meal In many
instances brewers dried grains or crush
ed oats may be prohtably substituted for
the bran, and oftentimes gluten products
can be used to advantage in place Of
bran or oil meals.
The time to feed slage is directly after
milking or at least several hours before
! milking. If fed Immediately before milk
Ing the silage odors may pass through
the cows body into the milk. Besides,
the milk may receive some taints direct
ly from the stable air. On the other
hand. If feeding is done subsequent to
milking, the volatile silage odors will
have been thrown off before the next
milking hour. Silage is usually fed
twice n day.
Calves may be fed sage as soon as
they are old enough to eat it. 1t is per-
haps of greater Importance that the ST.
lage he free from mold or decay when
given to calves than when given to ma
ture stock. They may be given all the
silage they will eat up clean at all times.
| Yearling calves will consume about one
half as much as mature stock, that Is,
from 10 to 20 or more ponds a day. When
supplemented with some good legumn-
Gus hay. little. If any, grain will be re
lquired to keep the calves in thrifty,
growing condition
One Of the most trying seasons Of the
year for the dairy COW is the latter part
Of summer and early fall. At this sea-
son the pastures are often short or dried
up, and in such cases II Is a common
mistake Of dairymen to let their COWS
drop off in flow of milk through lack of
feed Later they find 1t impossible to re-
store the milk flow. 10 matter how the
cows are fed. Good dairy practice de-