Meaning of dairy cake | Babel Free

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A type of cattle cake formulated specifically to meet the nutritional requirements of dairy cows.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“dairy cake or meal”

“The production ration consisted of a mixture of bran, dried grains, protos, soya meal, and SBS dairy cake; 4 lbs. per gallon of milk. This also was a very suitable ration. It cost⟳ 24.88 pence per cow per day or 6.67 pence per gallon of milk. The lowest cost⟳ of feeding per cow per day (10.65 pence) refers to a herd of 14 Shorthorn cows averaging 16.07 lbs. of milk. The ration consisted of 10 lbs. tare and oat hay, 23 lbs. wet⟳ grains, 0.6 lbs. protos, 0.8 lbs Bibby dairy cake, and 0.6 lbs. maize gluten food. The cost⟳ of food per gallon of milk was 6.63 pence.”

“The selection of suitable cakes and meals for the production ration will depend⟳ on prices and whether the home-grown foods with which they are to be blended are rich in protein or otherwise. Small farmers who have⟳ got only five or six cows may find⟳ it difficult to purchase⟳ a few hundredweights of several different foods, and they are justified, so long as the price is reasonable, in buying a well-balanced proprietary dairy cake or meal of a reputable firm that is beyond suspicion of using inferior ingredients. On the other hand, there is every reason⟳ why a large herd owner should avoid⟳ middlemen's profits by buying his feeding stuffs separately and making up his own⟳ mixture.”

“On the journey home to milking, along the green lane to the farmstead, Christmas walked last⟳. The other cows were purposeful, knowing dairy cake awaited them. Let⟳ nothing get⟳ in their way: they trotted. But Christmas dawdled in the lane, last⟳, alone, safe from hustling, and enjoyed a feast of her choice [browsing on hedges].”

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