Show Most Cows Like Hay Not Silage Cows prefer their alfalfa as hay l rather than as silage reports J J. J Reed Moore Summit County agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural extension agent He says a year three-year study at I Utah State University Logan showed that cows consumed more nutrients produced more milk and maintained their weight be beter beter herter her bet ter er when fed alfalfa as ns hay rather than ban as silage researchers point out that Interest In alfalfa silage has been stimulated by the difficulty of curing forage crops for hay where humidity and rainfall are high i I 1 I I I If also by the development of new f machinery Farmers in Utah have read I articles in farm Journals and other other other oth oth- er places recommending this I tice of t converting hay into silage the researchers say But Dut many of of them fail to consider that location among other fac- fac tors may limit the In the tests at Logan researchers research research- ers fed two groups of ot cows for days They fed alfalfa silage as the roughage to 16 animals alfalfa hay to the other 16 Cows fed ted silage produced an average of ot 25 pounds of ot milk per day those fed led hay 29 pounds per day Moreover cows on silage lost an average of pounds Inthe Jn In the days of the test while those on hay lost only 75 pounds |