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Show .... 7 INGREDIENTS OF DRY RATION Should Not Be Different From Those Fed to Cow at Other Times Give Some Roughage. The ingredients of the ration for the (try cow should not be so very different from that fed at other times. In order to cut down on the fat-producing elements, hominy is frequently used in place of corn. Bran and oats are both rich in mineral matter which goes to give bone to tie unborn calf A ' i i i S l V W Si , ) S ' K Traveling Feed Eox in Use. If she has been fed with high protein feeds a change of ration will rest and cool the digestive system. As calving time draws near, a laxative lax-ative feed, such as oilmeal in small quantities, loosens the bowels and lessens less-ens the danger of caked udder or milk fever at time of calving. Along with these concentrates eight to ten pounds of clean hay or corn stover will give sullicient roughage to keep the grain from massing in the stomach, and make digestion easy. |