Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-22
RATIONS FOR DAIRY COWS
SUCCESSFUL FARMING

The prices OF dairy products are ex-
tremeIy high and the chances are that
they will materially increase in the
course OF the next few months. The
. demand for butter. milk and cheese Is
steadily increasing by reason OF the
. large consumption at home and the
growing export demand The dairy IN
dustry has never been developed IN the
south to the extent which its impor-
lance Justihes II affords a fertile Held
for exploitation at the present time.
Not only can satisfactory pronts De
derived from the maintenance OF
dairy herd. but the soil can be built
IN very rapfdly. II the south Is 10 feed
itself we must emphasize dairy pro-
ductfon more strongly in the future
Than in the past The duty and respon-
sibiltty of feeding her own people Is
placed upon the south by the govern
ment and in order that the best IA
lions which can be grown at home may
be ascertained various experiments
have been undertaken by the Georgia
STATE college OF agriculture with ref
areuce 20 the foods best adapted to the
cham maintenance Of dairy cows. And
exDertnents OF this kind conducted last
winter bring 10 light some very val
liable and essential data This Work
was carried out by the animal husoan-
dry Lewiston OF the college and q sum
mary OF the findings obtained Is pre-
sented for the information OF our read
ers-- -,
From the standpoint OF markets, ell
nata and soil. Georgia offers unexcelled
.oDDortuntttes for the development or
The dairy industry, but in many IN
stances where diaries have been estao-
lfxhsd the financial returns have not
t4an a. great as expected the iaiL-
TIRE TO get satisfactory returns Is due
primarily TO two spectnc causes. W
Most OF the valuable cows are. oy IN
-herftAnce, low producers and I'D the
cows are not properly nourished. que
either 90 an inadequate amount OF ieeo
provided. or 20 the irradonal nllNihs %
. feeds. To obviate the first cause OF
failure II will be necessary 10 breed
cows OF greater inherited producing ca
nacttv. This Will not entail an outlay
OF very much capital for foundation
hra.dtnR stock, as II win only be neoes-
go % purchase bulls OF q high produc-
gnz line OF ancestors. As advanced
registry work has progressed very rap
div satisfactory dairy bulls can %
purchased with degree OF matheInat-
III aecuraucy and at reasonable prices
a. .sAouaee. well balanced feed sup
nv q a much more difficult problem.
and with the daily increasing cost OF
feed sturs IL IS becoming more Sc
rfous one. In order to gain data as 70
hest methods OF reducing the COST OF
feeding dairy cows. and at the same
time Increase the production OF MILK
the Georgia State College Of Asricu tture
undertook some feeding experiments
The rattons used consisted OF inAAI
mum and minimum feed OF sllage' anu
a minimum and maximum feeo OF Gun
fnw OF cottonseed meal alone Twelve
49, we're selected for the test They
-are about equally advanced In their
Notation periods. Two Jerseys ana two
IoI.tasps we're used IN each or the
,hrea groups into which the COWS were
nlmead- and the three groups were III
,t5ed 40 that the normal production N
each group was uniform Each OF the
ratious used was fed 20 each group TOT
thirty DAYS. A period Of one week was
allowed between the changes IN the IA-
tor. In order that the cows might De-
come accustomed TO the new ieeo' Oe-
fore the records were started
For the first Ihirty-dsy period
v-or,Dl was on ration /. group 2 on
ration 2, group on ration .; iOI
the second thirty-dsy period group
VAS on ration z. group on ration .,
xrouo 3 on ration l; and for the tnlru
thirty-day period group l was on ration
z group z on ration and group on
ration 2 Each group was thus main
tanned on each OF the three rations Tor
a period Of thirty days The record OF
each ration for the whole PERIOD %
nInetv DAYS actually fed has therefore
ham summarized and used as OASIS
for the deductions made
The first ration consisted Of 50 pounds
of silaRe and 8 pounds OF cottonseed
meal per head per day. This group was
run as a check on the other two groups
The siiage In all OF the rations was
made from q mixture OF red head sor-
0hur and black hull white kaf1ir corn
This mixture has been used on the COZ
lege farm for the past few seasons. be
cause OF It's drought resistant nature IL
will give much heavier tonnage man
"a, be secured from the ordinary corn