. Animal husbandry for schools. Livestock. Feeding Dairy Cattle 151 it is found that bran may be replaced ton for ton by carefully cured alfalfa hay, or by five tons of pea-vine silage when not too suc- culent. 249. Dry forage. — The more common dry forage crops fed to dairy cattle are clover, alfalfa, or mixed hays and corn stalks. Occasionally pure timothy hay is fed, though this is not to be recommended, particularly if cut late. Straws of the various small grains are also used, but they are even more worthless as a dairy cow feed than is timothy hay. Hay cut early is more valu- able ton fo
. Animal husbandry for schools. Livestock. Feeding Dairy Cattle 151 it is found that bran may be replaced ton for ton by carefully cured alfalfa hay, or by five tons of pea-vine silage when not too suc- culent. 249. Dry forage. — The more common dry forage crops fed to dairy cattle are clover, alfalfa, or mixed hays and corn stalks. Occasionally pure timothy hay is fed, though this is not to be recommended, particularly if cut late. Straws of the various small grains are also used, but they are even more worthless as a dairy cow feed than is timothy hay. Hay cut early is more valu- able ton for ton, though the yield obtained per acre will not be so great. The exact amount of dry forage that should be fed cannot be stated, as it will depend on the , - . , , ., Fig. 63.—Jersey cow. amount of gram and whether or not silage is being used. Let the rule be to feed all the hay the animal will eat with relish. 250. Succulent feeds. — Some kind of succulent food should be fed the dairy cow during her entire lactation period. The common succulent foods used in feeding dairy cattle are silage, roots, or tubers. Silage is preferable, but if the herd is not large enough to warrant the construction of a silo, roots make a good substitute. The amount of succulence it is profitable to feed will depend much on the attendant conditions. Thirty to forty pounds serve most conditions. 251. Silage. — Green food preserved in the silo is coming to be a very common succulence for the dairy cow. While there are many green plants, such as alfalfa, clover, cowpea vines, and the like, preserved in this way, corn is the most important silage crop. No other plant will furnish nearly so much silage per acre as corn. All silage contains a very high percentage of water, and for this reason is bulky. As a succulent food for milking cows,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of th
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