Show FARM TOPICS no USE GOOD RATIONS FOR DAIRY CAT cows relish grain of different feeds 1 by john A leg army az ju hana av r bolera c state erf even the humblest dairy cow hs her own ideas about what sh she likes e L to eat and only palatable fee feed wil tempt her to eat enough to mai maintain a full milk flow A good dairy cow has a tre bremen e dous capacity for converting feed e into milk and to make full use ol 01 this capacity she should be induced I 1 uc e to eat all she can A healthy cow relishes a gra graer mixture containing several differed dif feren feeds but she usually gets tired oa 0 a ration containing only one or two kinds of grain variety in the grain mixture not only makes it more palatable abl it j it also S 0 insures insures against a shortage ia 0 of minerals and provides needed pr pro ra 0 ci t eins the grain mixture should not be b e e t too oo 00 concentrated if it weighs about abou out one pound per quart it has the rig right gh t amount of bulk such feeds as wheat bran 9 ground oats ground barley and beet pulp are often used to add bulk and var variety P to the mixture A but grain is only a supple supplementary supplements menta ry ite t feed cows need plenty of good od ir pasture when it is available or ki affy full feed of silage in legume lagurn e hay dairymen who buy feed for theia cattle will get better results if thea purchase only feed in which the per of nutrients is fairly high highfi when the percentage of crude fibbi biben runs high the fiber fins fills up the cows stomach without providing the di dij tible nutrients she ought to harej have |