Show I he E DAIRY Ya ri J J LEGUME LEGUT HAY IS BEST FOR COWS feed teer analyzes n a chemist Wh When n the carbohydrates he tie finds water fat ash ush drates and arid protein which are useful ration feed In hem hel to time tile dairy cow Dairy Cows vs says nays a n circular Feeding by b R. R B. B Becker P P. C. C and A. A of the Oklahoma John W. W Boher Bober and M. M college Proteins are arc needed tor for growth of ot They enter Into the composition muscle bone and find body fluids maintain main main- tain inin time tile bOI body are us used J in developing the time body of the time baby calf culf and make muke milk proteins Ash or mineral minerai compounds lime phosphates and common salt are ure In Inthe inthe n the blood and digestive juices juice They maintain the skeleton and especially make the ash fish in the time milk Fats fm sugars ars an anti and l starches are burned In Inthe Inthe inthe the body hody to provide heat and energy y or are used to build body fat butter butterS butterfat fat and milk sugar Some crude fiber Is necessary to give a It limited amount of bulk to the feed and to aid In digestion How However too large e e ever er r feeds that contain amounts of crude fiber are usually I not desirable In n dairy rations under energy energy en en- era D overage average e conditions because more ergy Is used In digesting a pound of crude fiber In the hOtly body than a cow V gets from this material after It Is digested digested di dl it continues Feeds commonly used for dairy cows divide themselves naturally Into six general classes es such ns as legume hays grass hays bays farm grains and oil seed succulent feeds and pasture crops milling products by-products and miscellaneous feeds If a cow Is to be given gl only a n single feed she will thrive longer Iong-er and produce produce pro pro- duce hlee more milk mille and butterfat on a 8 legume leg hay bay alone than on any other one thing It Is Impossible to even have bare a cow survive ive for a 8 long period of time when fed straw or cottonseed hulls alone or on a n ration consisting solely of grains Even alfalfa hay Is too bulky bully to enable the cow caw to pro pro- dine lute a great amount of milk In n general are ore the main source of lime in the rations of milk cows hn es are relatively hl high h hIn In crude fiber fiher and on this account less total digestible nutrients than do farm grains Hou hn es as ns asa asa a whole are low Iri In phosphates which are needed for bone hone blood and find milk though legume hays contain more than twice the amounts found In grass hays ha s. |