Show WINTER FEEDING FOR DAIRY COWS hardest working animal on farm needs Need best ration the milking cow sa is tile the hardest working animal on the funn farm a tact fact which explains the importance e of good feeding ceding for dairy cows A cow giving 85 pounds of milk a d day ay produces in that milk what Is known its as cherms of energy to produce the same bame number of thernis in tile the form of jf useful work a team 01 two 11 aw pound horses would have to work steadily tor for eight hours As the only way ti 11 cow can obtain energy ao to put into her mill milk Is through the feed site she eats her feed must be highly nutritious and ami fe 1 in sufficient clent that her body requirements as well as her full needs for maximum milk production are met the successful dairy farmer bases tits his winter feeding program on an abundance of legume roughage such as alfalfa or other legume hay and corn silage so that he may be sure to have these liades hages available next winter he fie Is already making his platis plans for a sub stant lal creage in alfalfa or one of the other legumes for hay this spring an acre for each ct caw w in milk will I 1 grow enough alfalfa hay to keep these cows well supplied ellb ith the very best dry roughage from att full fall to early spring the growing of about one acre and a half of the other legumes will be required toke cpa milking cow well supplied with hay during the the same period now Is the time to plan for next winter in winter feeding hay Is usually tea fed at ae the rate of I 1 to 1 pounds for each pounds tile the cow weighs silage Is L generally e fed at the rate oi 2 2 to 3 3 3 pounds pound s for each pound the animals weight urain grain should always be fed according to the cows milk production the larger breeds such as the irown owls awls art and 1101 1101 stein are arc fed one pound ol 01 grain to each 3 to 4 pounds of milk produced dally daily the sin smaller nIler breeds its s the and jerseys jersey are usually fed grain at the rate of I 1 pound to each 3 pounds of milk produced dally daily |