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Show The Agricultural Committee of the Utah State Bankers Association, of wi:ich F. C. Jensen is chairman, and Robert H. Hinckley is secretary, has sent to their members the following information on HIGH PRICED HAY AND THE BOARDER COW In mo,t Western dairy sections alfalfa hay is the principle feed for cows. The crop for 1924-25 is not so large as most years, therefore alfalfa is hiigher priced tnln it has been duriag the past two years. Thp ver-i. herd of dairy cows can be divided into three, classes: one-third making money, one-third about breaking elwiand one-third Lin,g. High priced hay makes it more necessary than ever hat the da.ry men know the cows in the herd that are losing money and eliminate them. There has been some talk of over production of dairy products. Figures have been .given to show that if ., fl, . ? 1p ws were eliminated there would be no fear of an over production for some time to come, aon e he much at the present time to et big record cows but are devoting their eneSy" elJminai Z .of poor cows in the herds, to increase the average production of all the cows and make inoi e money for the owners. r,f ii rcihaees suitable for dairy cows alfalfa is the best. Its high percentage of protein and palat-Of palat-Of all lherugage3ff"' J',V of anv other roughage, and if it is selected carefully it might be favorably ability put it in a class far head of an other S wim corn silage or sugar beet pulp compared to some g "-"is " ref hould, of course, be fed some concentrates, but in many cases the r''akfelrno?navTort.eextrI teed To show the effective 'way that alfc If a might be used to replace concen-; trTtes in ' a ration. Frazer an" Hayden of Illinois fed two groups of cows a3 follows: j LOT II i ; ! LOTI n.TIOM RATION ! UAiiu.N nounds Alfalfa hay 8 pounds I Corn silage Png CorQ 3ilag9 30 pound3 I lover ha,y 6 pounds Clover hay - 6 pounds - j Corn meal nounds Corn meal' 6 pounds Wheat bran 8 Pounas I AVERAGE DAILY YIELD AVERAGE DAILY YIELD j Pounds Milk Pounds Fat- Pounds Milk Pounds Fat j ' Th S nounds of alfalfa hay in ration II replaced am equal weight of wheat bran fed in ration I. Ration II ! produced slightly more milk and practically as much fat. j I , . .i, vo, Tersev station where different kinds of roughage and grain were fed proved that 14 ' t , Half hav replaced 8.5 pounds of protein rich concentrates as well as 5 pounds of corn silage and 7 pounds of alfalfa hay TeVlda v pjoducedi only 1 pound Jess milk and ,J8 of a pound less , pounds of corn stover. On tne anaua iau r fat per head daily. foi alfalfa rations without some .grain and forced to clean up all the feed it will not When good cows fed alfaRa ratu) ns w lnararmera will practice feeding their cow, many times be possible to keep them in good cona , iMe l0 keep them lln ,good phsical condition. The dis- daiiy allowing them to pick over tne an J be whatever. To get the best results tca.ded hay can always be fed t B'ock a nd hors s Alaifa that (alfalfa should be cut b gtime in the field will not get results as quoted above About 40 per gels in f1 "''he alfaffa is in the leaves, bat the leaw contain 75 per cent of the .wtal nutriment. u ua nrnnerlv the Utah Station Showed by experiments that there is no difference in the IX alfalfa is hand led V" eVeta r not handl3a properly, howevor, there is a ig.at deal of difference feeding value of uVe quowd show the value of alfalfa as a teed Cor dairy coivs. The problem rov in their feeding value The "gures q v.-hich Onos arc r-perlj- utilizing this' valuable feed He every dairy farmer s to get a d, it o s able whan high a,falfa and aell em t0 the butche. thuSsl saWngna0 grt'teal o"1 wCork, and providing more f3ed for the good cows. ' The selected cow, if fed all the choice alfalfa she wants, along witB silage or beet pulp, should produce enough for her owner to make a good profit. Dairy farming carried on in this manner is invariably profitable! to owner. t f kl. |