| Show FEED DAIRY COWS LIBERALLY PAYS man many dairymen are finding that it Is more profitable to teed feed good cows cow liberally than to teed feed a larger number of cows poorly or only fairly well it Is a common observation among dairymen that good cows will return a profit on OR all the teed feed they will eat if the ration Is well balanced cow test association records repeatedly peate peat edly show that the greatest returns over teed feed costs are made by the cows which consume the largest amount ot of feed tests made by the dairy department at the ohio experiment station show that good cows fed more liberally than Is the general practice not only produce more milk and butterfat than the same cows on the ordinary ration but produce a larger amount at a lower cost per pound the average annual butterfat production of these cows fed a ration ordinarily considered ample was wa pounds on the more generous ration the average production of the same game cows cow was pounds As A the amount of teed feed used tor for maintaining the animate animals was practically the same in both cases the greater part of the additional teed feed in the liberal ration ws available tor for production not all cows will use the extra teed feed for milk production some of limited productive capacity will not permit liberal feeding or will turn the extra teed feed into bodily fat in neither of these cases Is liberal feeding profitable table and with such cows cowa ordinary fe feeding elting will likely prove unprofitable |
