The bee., 1914-01-13
FEEDING THE
DAIRY COWS
Returns From Good Feeding
Are Prompt and
Sure
DRAW YOUR PAY At ONCE
Does Not Pay to Run Cow on Han
capscity-Bie Amount Of MIX Yields
Are Secured Only When the Cow
Eats a Large Amount Of Feed

Are Secured Only When the Cow
Eats Large Amount Of Feed.
II pays to feed good dairy cows.
The returns are prompt and sure. You
feed the COW, take your bucket and go
right around and draw your pay at
once,
The first essential IN feeding Is that
an ample quantity Of feed be supplied.
It does not pay to run an engine upon
hs4f capacity Neither does it pay to
run a COW on half capacity Big milk
yields are secured only when the COW
eats a large amount Of feed.
II is also important that the feed
shall be correctly balanced, and shall
furnish the elements necessary to
maintain the COW and TO furnish the
material which go 10 make up milk.
Next, the ration should be palatable,
that is Of such nature that the COW
will relish t. Pasture grass and silage
are splendid examples of palatable
feeds, as are also such feeds as wheat
BRAN oil meal and cotton seed meal,
fresh and not musty, and bright, sweet,
well-cured hay.
Next the feed shall be economical or
cheap. Some feeds are palatable and
well balanced, but are entirely too ex-
pensive for COW feed. At times wheat
bran, oats and oil meal must be placed
if>the class of feeds which are too ex-
pensive for profitable use for feeding
in large quantities. Home grown feeds
are usually the most economical, as
feeds grown on the farm do not have
the producers profit placed upon them.
Corn and the legume hays, such as
clover, alfalfa and COW peas form a
perfectly balanced, home grown ration.
Those dairymen, as rule, secure the
greatest profits who grow large
amounts of feed on the farm.
Another important matter in sue
cessful COW feeding is that the COW
be given sufficient variety A COW
! tires if forced to eat single feed for
long period without change. A mix
ture of several different feeds serves
to whet the cows appetite.
An ample quantity of good, clean
roughage is exceedingly important.
This is best furnished by clover, COW.
pea or alfalfa, hay, corn slower or ST.
lage. Best results are obtained when
roughage constitutes about two-thirds
of the cows ration by weight. The
following grain mixtures give splendid
results when fed to milk cows:
(a) 400 pounds corn and cob meal,
| 100 pounds cotton seed meal
OBJ 400 pounds corn and cob meaH
$50 pounds dried distiller's grains, 100
pounds cotton seed meal.
(c) 400 pounds corn and cob meal
200 pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds
cotton seed meal.
(d) 400 pounds corn and cob meal,
200 pounds ground oats, 200 pounds
cotton seed meal.
| In connection with good legume hay
and silage the COW should be given
one pound OF the mixture for each
three to three and one-half pounds of
milk given, when the roughage is not
a legume, 1 pound grain mixture to
2ia TO pounds Of milk,
A COW of ordinary size will consume
thirty pounds OF silage per day TO ad-
vantage, and when silage is fed the
amount Of hay required is iredueed one
half it'ai g'o' Il
Two good home grown rations are
as follows: sllw Bsa. ts n4I
(e) 10 pounds crushed corn and all
the alfalfa, cowfpea and clover hay the
cows will clean up.
0) 10 pounds crushed corn, corn
stover at liberty, alfalfa, cow-pea or
clover hay.
The most important constituent of a
dairy feed is protein Cotton seed
meal, oil meal, wheat bran, dried dis
tiller's grains, alfalfa, cow.pea and
clover hay are examples OF feeds rich
in protein The protein is used prin-
cipally in the production of the casein
or eurd OF milk, and large quantity
is required for this purpose. The value
of feed IS largely determined by the
quantity of digestible protein which
| il contains.
Good results have been secured
lWnen the ration consisted or corn ST.
lage, cotton seed meal and cow-pea
or clover hay and corn slower. With
silage, cow-pea or clover hay, feed one
pound of one OF the above grain mix
lures to three and one-half to four
pounds of milk given by the COW. 1t
is safe to feed the COW about all the
silage she win clean up. The same is
true OF hay.
The wise dalryman will grow silage
and corn and pSotein-rich hay and will
buy protein only to a limited extent
and then in the form of such feeds as
cotton seed meal, dried distiller's
grains, etc. A small amount of wheat
bran or oil meal may be occasionally
added for the sake of palatability and
Variety
The mixtures mentioned above are
only few Of the possible mixtures
which may be used with good results
More complete information on the sub
ject OF profitable feeding and handling
OF dairy cows may be obtained by
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