SCALES AND PENCIL
FOR DAIRY FARMER
They Help in Keeping Accounts
(or the Proper Feed
ing of Cows,
BY A. J. M'GUIRE,
Extension Division, Minnesota College
of Agriculture.
The amount of grain a dairy cow
should bo fed depends upon two fac
tors: The amount of milk she is giv
ing, or capable of giving, and the
amount and kind of rough feed she
receives. With clover or alfalfa for
hay, and corn silage, one pound of
grain a day (ground, farm-grown
grains) is ample for every three
pounds of milk produced. A cow giv
ing thirty pounds of milk a day would
be fed ton pounds of grain a day with
this ration. When the roughage con
sists of timothy or wild hay or fodder
corn, with no silage or roots, one
pound of grain ia required daily for
each two pounds of milk produced, or
for thirty pounds of milk a day fif
teen pounds of grain is required. In
this case also, farm-grown graina will
not make the best ration. They can
be used, of course, to advantage, but
bran, middlings and oil meal, feeds
higher in milk-producing material, will
give better results when they can be
purchased to advantage.
ration made up largely of grain is
always expensive, and a large amount
of grain must be fed to get a large
amount of milk, if the roughage is
poor. When the roughage contains a
good grade of clover or alfalfa and in
addition silage or roots, from a third
to a half less grain may bo fed for
the same amount of milk, and the ra
tion made cheaper.
