Show DARZY BALANCED RATION NEEDED BY COWS animal bimal mastbe supplied right amount offered of feed the tha claim that any proprietary feed Is a scientifically balanced ration la is absurd A balanced ration Is one which supplies lles the animal with exactly the right amount of food and in which tile the different classes of nutrients are supplied in the proportions in which they are arc needed by the animal before a grain mixture can jn intelligently telli gently ile he prescribed which will supply even an approximation of a balanced ration to a dairy cow the amount and character of the available roughage hay pasture stover silage etc mastbe must be known also the amate production of the animal A grain mixture balanced for feeding with clover or alfalfa hay and silage would no longer he be balanced it if the hay were replaced by timothy or if the silage were discontinued when it Is realized that a 1000 pound cow producing 20 pounds of average milk requires three times as much protein and twice as much total fadd material as she would need when dry 4 or that when producing 40 poun pounds bet requirement would be ba five graies 6 as much protein and three times as much total fond or that when producing BO 60 pounds of average milk her requirement qui rement would be seven times as much protein and four times as much total tofal fond as aa she would need when dry the importance of production as a factor in balancing r rations can b be e readily understood the pr cedie brief statement will also serap serve to show that the heavy producing cow must have a much higher proportion or of protein protein in her food than the lighter producer A ration which Is balanced for for the light producer er would 1 he be entirely inadequate and out of ba balance lapee tor for the heavy producer while one that was balanced for the I 1 latter atter would be out of balance and wasteful especially of protein if fed even in reduced amount to a light ligh i producer or a dry cow |