Show 1 COW V CANNOT EAT ENOUGH PASTURE I Home Grown Feeds Will Vill Fill Out Grain Ration CD Dy J C L Dairyman ansas State Agricultural tura College Knowing nu I Ing the needs of dairy cows nn and what they eat eit when hen on pa pasture ture will I add to the dollars from the milk mille I bucket Green Grcen succulent pasture Is natural natural- naturally naturally ly Iy in protein but Is low in total digestible nutrients A cow milking 0 oser er 20 O pounds of ot milk a n day cannot eat pasture to pro provide lIe the c dr to maint tin that production Grain feeding of oC tills this cow ow on pasture is nb absolutely access try Iry I IIer gran ration need not be high in proteIn home home grow n feeds will bal lIal bal bal- balance ance the A mixture of pounds of ot corn and OO pounds of oC oats should be fed at nt the rite of ot one pound of to e eer every er four and one one- one half halt half pounds of mill milk from the A Jersey and Guernsey and one pound ot of gr grain 1111 to lime five e pounds of ot milk from the Holstein 0 DO Dr Ij pasture contains about third one one one- Il as s much protein us the lire green r- r succulent gnes An un erst inding or of orthIs thIs fact mules makes the sue successful ful dairy dairy- dairyman man man be bebin In to idd u high protein feed to hl Ills his bruin r lin ration as soon as ns pasture starts st to dry The fhe grain tali then Is composed of pounds of corn pounds of oats outs and und iOU pounds of cot cot- cottonseed cottonseed cot cottonseed meal The 1 he rate rute of feeding Is chan changed ed to one pound of g- g g dally to every emery ery pound of ot fat fut produced a 11 ii ee eek k Abundance of sture p Is very ery lm- lm to the dairy CO cow con Being eln the hardest orl worked ed animal on the firm she docs does not need a hire g for tor exercise e e el time she produces J use tae gallons of milk mill she site has used up more energy than a n te term of ot 1 pound 1500 GOO GOO- pound horses plo plowing Ing through nn an eIght t hour dl di dij |