Show 0 4 L TEED FEE D experiment WORTH MILLIONS saving to dairymen total 6 for each cow more thin a year Is the i difference bet between w een feeding more than a million of new york states dairy cows a 10 per cent or a 24 per cent i protein cone concentrate entrago grain mixture this represents a saving of 6 a year for each cow to those dairymen who formerly fed the 24 per cent protein I 1 concentrate the animal husbandry I 1 department at cornell university has con conducted d ted the operative cooperative co grange league federation protein feeding trial since tance the fall of 1028 ur dr B S S Harrl harrlson soa says that with medium clover mixed hay and c corn ro a 16 per cent protein concen citrate mixture of grain gave its as much ml I 1 k as a 20 or 24 per cent mixture and that there was no evidence of any stimulating effect of protein on milk secretion ecret lon also that the total dt digestible esti nutrients in the low protein ration were utilized by the cows with tha ha g same ame effle efficiency lency that the high protein I 1 ration showed the meaning of this zing ibeling that 10 per cent protein content I 1 as Is not low enough to effect the balance of a dairy ration so as to reduce the relative efficiency of its other ingre clente farmers who raise their own oats and barley will be further benefited I 1 because they will be able to use a much larger proportion of home grown i grains when mixing their own dairy rations whereas it was necessary in mixing a ton of 24 per cent protein concentrate ration to use about 1500 1200 pounds of expensive high protein feeds f for 0 r every pounds of home grown i grains such as ground oats and barley lit t la Is now known as a result of the experiment that a very satisfactory d dairy airy ration with a 10 16 per cent protein content may be mixed using only SK pounds of the high protein feeds for every 1200 pounds of ground oats and barley |