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Show IDEAL FEED FOR DAIRY COW Importance of Succulent Ration, ai Well as Cood Supply of Pure Water Wa-ter Is Apparent. (fiv It. It HUSHING) "When I get my cows Into grasa again there will be more milk." This is a statement frequently heard during the last month that the herd ia confined to the yard. When once on pasture the yields show a marked increase even though the animals may have had plenty of good grain and forage previously. What is there about grass which makea It such an excellent and very satisfactory food for a milk cow? Is It not Its succulent nature? Succulence means full of Juice and the Juicy ration for the dairy cow Is the correct one from all standpoints. I-arge quantities of water are required by the cow In order to make large quantities of milk. A large part. In fact all but about 10 or 12 per cent, of milk la water, and consequently the cow that produces 8,000 pounds of milk In a year makes use of something like 7,000 pounds of water, or a little over, for milk alone, to say nothing of what is required for bw body. Thus the Importance of a succulent succu-lent ration, as well as a pure supply of drinking water is apparent. Realizing the great atlmulua to production pro-duction which grass is, the dairymen anxious for large yields should seek to pattern his ration aa nearly as possible pos-sible the year around after this natural food. Grass alone, of course, would not be satisfactory for winter feeding for It keeps the body of the cow too full of water and allows her to suffer from the cold, but In conjunction w Ith more fat forming foods, such as grains and fodders, grass would be a part of an Ideal winter ration. The nearest approach to grass, how-ever, how-ever, is silage and It is for this reason that silage Is held In such high esteem by those who feed It. |
