Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1908 — Feeding Dairy Cattle. [ARTICLE]

Feeding Dairy Cattle.

The question apises. How much grain should be fed to the dairy cow? One successful dairyman feeds as many pounds of grain a day as the cow gives pounds of butter fat in a week. Another gives one pound of grain for every four pounds of milk produced by the larger breeds or three pounds of milk by the Jerseys and Ayrshlres. The dairyman will have to decide by actual experience just what mixture of feeds is best in his particular case. In the central states the following is the most common: One part oilmeal, four parts corn grain or cornmeal, six parts bran and eight parts oats.