Saturday, August 22, 2015

A badly balanced ration does harm in two ways

A badly balanced ration does harm in two ways

A badly balanced ration does harm in two ways



A badly balanced ration does harm in two ways: first, the milk flow of the cow is lessened by such a ration; second, the cow does not profitably use the food that she eats.

The following table gives an excellent dairy ration for the farmer who has a silo. If he does not have a silo, some other food can be used in place of the ensilage. The table also shows what each food contains. As you grow older, it will pay you to study such tables most carefully.

Digestible Matter
Feed StuffsDry matterProteinCarbohydratesFat
Cowpea hay = 15 pounds 13.50 1.62 5.79.16
Corn stover = 10 pounds 5.95 .17 3.24.07
Corn ensilage = 30 pounds 6.27 .27 3.39.21
Cotton-seed meal = 2 pounds 1.83 .74 .33.24
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Total = 57 pounds 27.55 2.80 12.75 .68

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