Show SAVING MADE BY BALANCED RATION up the raton ration which he was wag feeding to his cows made a difference of a month to one le county illinois dairyman whose case la Is cited by dairymen atthe attha college collece of agriculture university of illinois as evidence that it pays to mahe sure bure that dairy cows are getting the right kinds and amounts of feeds when tills this dalry dairyman inan entered ills his eight jersey cows in the county dairy herd improvement association lie he was feed lug every cow equal ports of a ration consisting of two parts ground corn and one part ground oats supplemented with alfalfa hay and corn silage the product production lok for the lie first month the cows were la in the association was 2491 pounds of milk containing pounds of butterfat buttor fat worth the teed feed which the cows ate was worth which meant a loss of 1551 volt without hout considering any expense other than feed upon the advice of P J smith tester in the county herd improvement association this member added one half part of soy bean meal to the ration he had been feeding and cut down the lie amount of grain and silage to a little more than one halt half what it hod had been the next month the teed feed bill on his cows was a saving of 2 compared to the previous month furthermore on the balanced ration the same eight cows increased their production to pounds of milk containing pounds butterfat worth or 9 2306 more than the previous month this increased value of the butterfat and the 2280 saving in feed costs made a total improvement of another member of uie the same association fed lils his cows 2284 woi worth tit of clover hay corn oats bran and oil meal during one mouth month and got only pounds of milk containing pounds of butterfat worth 1914 in return a loss of the following month a new cow was added to the herd and each cow was fed according to her production the feed cost was increased only 80 cents to a total of 0 2370 2170 while the production of the three cows was 1841 pounds of milk containing pounds of butterfat north or a profit of 1077 1677 the total improvement of 2047 which came as a result of changing a loss of into a profit of 1077 was accomplished complis hed by feeding the surplus feed which the two cows had bad been receiving to a third cow |