Alfalfa Hay 91.4 10.6 39.0 0.9 51.6 Timothy Hay 88.4 3.0 42.8 1.2 48.5 Prairie Hay (Western) 93.5 4.0 41.4 1.1 47.9 Clover, Sweet, White 91.4 10.9 38.2 0.7 50.7 Sorghum Fodder, Dry 90.3 2.8 44.8 2.0 52.1 Corn Silage 26.3 1.1 15.0 0.7 17.7 Corn and Its Products Corn, Dent 89.5 7.5 67.8 4.6 85.7 Gluten feed 91.3 21.6 51.9 3.2 80.7 Hominy 89.9 7.0 61.2 7.3 84.6 Wheat and Its Products Wheat 89.8 9.2 67.5 1.5 80.1 Bran 89.9 12.5 41.6 3.0 60.9 Wheat Feed (Shorts and Bran) 89.9 12.9 45.1 4.0 67.0 Rye and Its Products Rye 90.6 9.9 68.4 1.2 81.0 Rye feed (Shorts and Bran) 88.5 12.2 55.8 2.9 74.5 Oats and Its Products Oats 90.8 9.7 52.1 3.8 70.4 Oat Hulls 93.2 2.0 45.2 1.3 50.1 Emmer (Spelt) 91.3 9.5 63.2 1.7 76.5 Linseed Meal 90.4 31.7 37.9 2.8 75.9 Cotton Seed Meal 92.5 37.0 21.8 8.6 78.2 =Rations for the Dairy Cow.= Haecker’s standard for the feeding of dairy cows is as follows: DAILY ALLOWANCE Crude Prot. Carbo. Fat lbs. lbs. lbs. For Maintenance of 1000 lb. cow 0.7 7.0 0.1 For each pound of 3% milk 0.047 0.2 0.017 For each pound of 3.5% milk 0.049 0.22 0.019 For each pound of 4% milk 0.054 0.24 0.021 To illustrate the table there follows the allowance for a 1000 pound cow producing 25 pounds of 4% milk daily: Crude Prot. Carbo. Fat lbs. lbs. lbs. For Maintenance 0.70 7.0 0.10 For 25 pounds of 4% milk 1.35 6.0 0.52 ---- ---- ---- Total 2.05 13.0 0.62 Below are given some balanced rations commonly fed to dairy cows: Total Dry Digestible Carbohydrates Digestible Matter Protein and fats Nutrients lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. No. 1