Show COW CANN CANNOT OT EAT ENOUGH PASTURE I 1 L L ho home me grown feeds V will ill fillous fill Fil lOut out grain giai ration j by IT 3 C na NISBET SHET axtens intension ion Dal dairyman college 14 ahw the needs of dairy cow and what they eat when on laiture pa pastor iture will add to the dollars from the muk bucket green succulent pas pasture la naturally ht ghin tin protein but to la low in total digestible nutrients A cow in milking Ilk lill over 20 pounds of milk a a day clay cannot eai eat enough pasture to brov ade the necessary carbohydrates to maintain that production ro grain of this cow on pasture Is absolutely necessary her hei grain ration ratio 11 need not be nigh high in n protein P botein home grown feeds will bat bal tinco once tile alie pa pasture iture A mixture of pounds of corn and pounds of onta should be fed at the rate of one pound of bf grain to every four and one half balf pounds of milk from froin the ayrshire jersey jerig and guernsey and ane one pou pound idd of grain to five P pounds of milk from the holstean Holst eln dry pasture contains about one third ns as touch protein as the green grass an under understanding stan aing of this fact makes the successful dairyman begin to tb odd add i a high protein feed to his grain ration as soon scon as pasture starts to dry the grain mix then la composed of pounds of corn pounds of oate and pounds of cottonseed meal the rate rafe or of feeding in la changed to one pound of grid grain n dally daily lo 10 to every pound of fat produced a week abundance of pasture is very important to io the dairy cow bellig being thew the hardest worked animal on the farm she does doe snot not need a ba bare re gymnasium for exercise every ti time meshe she produces five gallons of milk slie she has used up more energy than a team of 1500 pound horses plowing blowin g through an eighth eight h hour our day |