Show HEAVY FEED RESULTS IN BIG MILK YIELDS test made with purebreds on government farm rations made decidedly more liberal than those called for by any of feeding standards especially grain mixture prepared b by y the he united states department m e at of agriculture during liiK tho last two to years a number of tho lie purebred at tile KOV gov eminent cri forin tit nt beltsville md ald have linao liron e run rini in ill official test in ili order to gervase ir milk yield their heir rations aru cro mile decidedly inore liberal than tholo iou culled called for by tiny ny of tile feeding stun studdards dards darlng the milking ing perlo period d they clity received dally about 12 pout pounds ids of tor airi tiny 20 pounds of corn sling and us billu it grain na its they could clean ni ill without getting sick they usually tilly nto ate elgh eighteen teen to twenty pounds a day of grain mixture V F they were fei fed heavley lic ivlev also IM before their calves were ono one of holstein Holst eln herd on the govern ment experiment farm born biorn for CO 60 anys or more before calving they usually received about 1 15 pounds of oe gaitin mixture 1 12 pounds of alfalla hay unil and 25 pounds of corn it ration containing binately four times us ns iglich protein und and two to and one half as much total nutriment na as the routine ration fed to the try dry cows of till the general herd her tho cows COMB on oil test garo from froin to 2 pounds of milk in the year hint Is three to four times us its much ns as most of tile cows in the general her herd A part of this larger yield is duo due to to tile fact unit that the test rows were arc hotter better bred hut but a part also la Is duo due to tho the larger quantity of feed they consumed tiny specialists of 0 the department of agriculture in charge of tile the tests how much of the increased inick yield to attribute to nuli each of these factors te i a question of great practical interest |