The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-01-19

lheavy-producing Holsteins, and it is a
little too low for COWS giving very
rich milk. The butter fat rule is the
| best.
9. A Balanced Ration is a ration
which has protein carbohydrates and
| fats in the proper proportion. Pro-
| tein produces muscle, tissue, and the
curd of milk and nothing can take its
place. Carbohydrate or starchy foods
and fat or oils produce fat and supply
heat and energy. One reason COWS
produce much milk when on pasture
| is because grass is a balanced ration.
| Timothy hay and corn fodder or sill
age contain very little protein. Con-
centrates high in protein such as
bran, oats, alfalfa, gluten or cotton
seed meal must be fed with them
Alfalfa, COW pea, and clover hay con-
tain almost as much protein as wheat
bran.
The following rations are suggested
for the average dairyman. The price
and availability of feeds are always a
consideration and it usually takes
some thought and trouble to find
what feed is the best to buy. In fact
the time to plan rations is several
months in advance SO that all pOssi-
BILE may be grown and those necessary
to buy may be bought in bulk and at a
favorable time. The ratiOns given
supply the necessary material to pro-
duce milk economically. For heavy
milking COWS they will have to be in
creased, especially in the grain, and
for light milking cows the grain
should be decreased. They are based
upon the principle of giving the COW
all the roughness she will eat and
grain enough to produce the milk. The
figures given are per day:
Ration Corn silage 25 pounds,
clover hay, 10 pounds; corn pounds;
wheat bran, pounds.
Ration Corn silage, 80 pounds;
alfalfa or cowpea hay, 10 pounds );
corn, pounds; wheat bran, pounds.
Ration 3.-Clover hay, 20 pounds );
corn, 4-5 pounds, wheat bran or oats,
2 pounds.
Ration 4.-Clover hay, 20 pounds !;
corn or cob meal, pounds; gluten or
cottonseed meal. pounds.
Ration 5.-Alfalfa or cowpea hay
10 pounds; corn fodder, 10 pounds
corn. pounds; wheat bran, 2 pounds.
Ration 6.-Alfalfa or cowpea hay
. Ration Roots, or corn silage, 25
pounds; corn stover-fodder, 10 pounds
clover hay pounds; corn meal, 3
pounds; wheatbran, 2 pounds; Brew
er's grains, 2 pounds; gluten meal, /
pound.
Ration 8.-Corn silage or roots, 80
pounds; clover hay, II pounds; oats
or wheat bran 4 pounds; ground peas
or gluten meal, pounds; Brewers
grains, pounds.
). SuCculent Feeds have a value
outside of the actual nutrients they
contain, on account of their favorable
effect upon the digestion and general
system of the animal. A third reason
that COWS do so well on pasture grass
is because it is succulent Where corn
can be grown, corn silage stands next
to pasture grass as a cheap and sue
culent feed. Where corn can not be
grown roots such as mangels, sugar
beetS, and turnips are used to supply
a succulent feed when pasture can not
be had.
4 & 5. Moderate Temperature and
Comfortable Surroundings, are other
reasons COWS do we'll in early summer.
Hence, if they are kept in winter
where they are comfortably warm, so
that they do not have to use much of
their food to warm their bodies, have
clean surroundings, plenty of fresh
air and sunlight, and are free to move
about, good results can be expected.
A COW kept in a dark basement barn,
surrounded by bad air, with her head
fast in a rigid stanchion and her body
more or less filthy is as far from sum-
mer conditions as is her milk produc-
ion below that of early summer.