| Show Uhe EThe A P lX IT r ITA DAI A f R Y Ji i Jin n tt J t a I PROPER FEEDING PAYS DAIRY DAIRYMAN 1 N NI I The Th cf cost st gt of teed feed Is by far the largest larg est cst single Item In the cost o of producing ing milk and lInd muLes es U up nI fl f to two two thirds of the total gross boss cost Th Tin labor cost will make up 1 almost one- one fifth to one one fourth 0 of the HIe total and nil all remaining o ts combined usually do donot donot not run rn higher than 20 O i pel ci cr cent writes G. G H Heebink of South Dakota In the IIa F Farmers Farmer's melfi Guide An l Ideal cal combination of ot fee feeds e con con- EI elsts ts of well cured legume hay liny corn silage e or roots root and Hud farm firt grains balanced bal bat with muscle and building bone feeds fee such MICh as ns ground s soy oy beans hean wheat bran oil linseed meal or cotton seed menu It is a good practice to feed three pounds of ot silage e and one IH pun pound of ot hay Imy per pcr hundred bundled pounds lounds of weight to each cow cots per day For Instance a I cow weighing 1000 l pounds should receive re rc- re- re I e cel about thirty hirt pounds of ot silage e I nun and ten pounds of hay each day When hen sila silage e Is In not fe fed approximately two pounds of dr dry lou roughage aage dully daily per hundred 1 pounds oun s live Ih-c weight Is a n sufficient amount Legume hay any and good corn fodder folder make maim a n desirable combination If the hn hay Is limited A common rule for f feeding grain Is to f fe feed d d cows producing milk relatively rein rein- high in ill fat butter test lest one pound of of grain for lor for ever every three pounds of milk produced c d and to cows producing milk mm of 01 low utter fut test one pound of or grain for eer every four pounds of or milk mille produced If It this thirty pound 1000 cow was producing pounds of milk daily she would be fed from seven to ten pounds of or grain each day a the thc amount of grain depending depend depend- In ing upon the fat fattest test e of th the milk nIlI It is more to a n mix mixture ture of several se grains thou than to feed a straight grain brain ration of corn barley halley or on oats ts Mixing g 1000 pounds or more at a time saves saes labor A desirable grain ml mixture ture Is a as follows Ground oats pounds ground corn com pounds linseed meal pounds wheat bran brun poun pounds s Ground barley bar bar- Icy ley e mn may be he substituted far for the corn oats or wheat bran in this mixture and ground soy beans may w well replace replace re reo re- re place the linseed meal al |
