| Show term balance in ration means proper portions the term balance in a ration la Is used to mean the proper proportion of tile the nutrients the nutrients are needed for special purposes and to in definite amounts young pasture grass Is practically a balanced ration for milk production but as the grass matures the proportion of protein decreases and as a consequence the balance is lost A cow in milk needs a ration containing from 15 to 25 per cent of digestible tible protein if there Is too small it a proportion either the protein of the body tissues Is drawn upon to supply protein for the milk or some of the carbohydrates and fat which would otherwise be used for milk brodu production ct ion must go toward the construe construction lion of body tissues on the other hand an excess of protein has no more val value than the same amount of carbohydrates and since protein is usually tile the most expensive constituent of the ration it Is a wasteful practice to teed feed more than Is needed |
