Feeding dairy cattle by Savage Elmer Seth

Author:Savage, Elmer Seth. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Dairy cattle, Dairying
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y
Published: 1921-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Feeding Dairy Cattle

fitted with same ration as the other heifers. Also fed same test ration only in a much smaller quantity. The roughage also was made up of same material. Hope this will help you out on your book of 'Feeding Dairy Cattle.' " Bess Johanna Ormsby

Mr. J. R. Danks, superintendent of cattle department at the Winterthur Farms has written me statement of the feeding of Bess Johanna Ormsby, when she made her last 7-day record, from February 22 to March 1, 1921. Mr. Dank's letter follows:

"The record was: 30.536 pounds of butterfat; 650.4 pounds of milk.

"Her daily ration was as follows:

"Six pounds ration No. 7, 6 pounds ration No. 8, 2 pounds ground oats, iy 2 pounds oil meal, 16 pounds silage, 25 pounds alfalfa hay, 5 pounds beet pulp, 26 pounds mangels.

"Ration No. 7 is composed of: 300 pounds bran, 300 pounds oats, 100 pounds hominy, 100 pounds, oil meal, 100 pounds distillers, 50 pounds gluten.

"Ration No. 8 is composed of: 200 pounds ground oats, 200 pounds bran, 200 pounds distillers, 200 pounds oil meal, 50 pounds cottonseed. This cow was fed one quarter of her daily ration at 4:30 a. m., and milked while she was eating. This was done again at 10:30 a. m., 4:30 p. m., and 10:30 p. m.

"At 7 :30 a. m. she was turned in the paddock for exercise for about one hour. During the balance of the time she was kept in a good roomy box stall equipped with watering device. She was given about all the grain she would eat with relish.

"This cow has, of course, made two previous 7-day records but, as they were made quite some time ago, I am not sure about the feed and management, therefore, I am giving you her latest record. As I understand it, you are not interested in her semi-official record.

"The amount of grain, also the roughage, varied slightly from day to day but the various kinds of grain fed remained the same throughout the test."

Many other letters could be quoted on the subject of feeding cows for 7-day tests, but these letters that have been given will give us what we want very fully, and it seems unnecessary to quote more.

FEEDING COWS IN THE YEARLY DIVISION

It is with much pleasure that I am able to lead off the discussion of feeding cows for the yearly advanced registry Page Seventy-five

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