Show grain F feeding of cows on pasture necessary green succulent pasture Is naturally high in protein but la is low in total digestible nutrients A cow milking over twenty pounds of milk a day cannot eat enough pasture to provide the necessary carbohydrates to maintain that production grain feeding of this cow on pasture is absolutely necessary say says a J C nisbet extension datry dairyman inan kansas state agricultural college her grain ration need not be high in prot protein elit home grown feeds will balance the pasture A mixture of pounds of corn nod and pounds ot of oats should be ba fed at th the rate of one pound of grain to every four old and one linof pounds of milk from the ayrshire jersey and guernsey and one pound of grain to ive five pounds of mills milk from the holstein lol stein dry pasture contains about one third as much protein as the green succulent grass an understanding of this fact makes the ahe successful dairyman begin to add a high protein teed feed to his grain ration as soon as pasture starts to dry the grain mix then Is composed of pounds corn pounds oats and pounds of cottonseed meal the rate of feeding Is c hanged changed to one pound of grain dally daily to every pound of tat fat produced a week |