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Show Dairyman Outlines Ration Tor Utah Milch Cows "Even though alfalfa hay is considered con-sidered to be the best single feed that can be fed to dairy cows, it does not necessarily mean that when fed alone that it always makes the best ration or gives the highest or most economical production," pro-duction," says George Q. Bateman, superintendent of the Utah experimental ex-perimental dairy farm at Logan. ."Dairy cows that have an inheritance inher-itance for high milk and butterfat production cannot produce to the greatest advantage on alfalfa hay alone. The dairy cow that when fed liberally on roughage alone produces 275 pounds of butterfat in a year or more, needs the proper pro-per amount of grain in the ration, in addition to roughage, if production produc-tion is to be the most economical." Mr. Bateman recommends, however, how-ever, that alfalfa hay, when available, avail-able, should make up the basis for the dairy ration, but when wet beet pulp, beet molasses, pea vine silage, or corn silage are available at a reasonable price, they should be added to the ration. Wet beet pulp can be fed at the rate of from 30 to 60 pounds per day, depending on the size of the animal to be fed. It will take from six to eight pounds of wet beet pulp to replace one pound of alfalfa al-falfa hay. A good rule to follow in feeding corn silage is to feed three pounds per 100 pounds body weight of animal. At this rate a 1000-pounds animal would be fed 30 pounds of silage a day. Ordinarily Ordin-arily it will take from 2.5 pounds to 3 pounds of corn silage to replace re-place one pound of alfalfa hay. Cows in the dairy experimental herd at Logan are fed grain according ac-cording to the following rule: Three-fourths of a pound of grain per day for each pound of butterfat butter-fat produced during the week. |