Show WINTER VINTER FEEDING FOR D DAIRY IRY COWS Hardest V Working Animal on Farm Needs Best Ration i The milking cow Is the hardest C animal on the farm furm a tact fuel which explains explains the Importance f of good go feeding reeding for dairy cows A cow 35 pounds of milk a day produces In III that milk what la Is known as ILS of or energy To produce the lie tame aume number of In th the form Corm of 01 work a team at C two pound I horses borses would have bove to work steadily for tor eight eight hours bours As As the only way n a cow can obtain energy t to put Into her Is through h the feed she cots cats tier her teed must be highly nutritious and fe J fe-J In Quantities so that her body require I meats as ns we well as her lier full needs for max mum mUk milk production are 1 met The successful dairy farmer bases his lils win winter ter feeding pro program rum ou an un abundance ot of legume roughage e such us HS alfalfa or other legume hay and corn silage sl I c Su 80 that thit he tie may be lie sure to ha have ve these se n available val next t winter he Is already making his plans for n a sub sub- tan al Creage In alfalfa or one of It the other legumes for ba hay this spring An acre for each cow lUW In milk will Irow grow enough alfalfa hay to keep these cows well supplied with the very best dry rou roughage hage from atc ati fall nil to early carly spring The growing o of nl about out one acre and a half halt of ot the other legumes will be required to Leap keep a I milking cow well supplied with hay during durin the same period Now Is the time to plan for next winter In winter feeding hay Is usually fed teet at t the rate of 1 to 13 1 pounds for Cor each pounds the cow wel weighs hs Silage Is s generally fed at the rate 01 of 2 to toS toC 4 S pounds for tor each pounds of ot the animals animal's weight Grain should be fed ted according to the lie caw cows cow's milk pro pro- productIon production production The larger breeds such as the Brown awls find and Hol stein art arE fed one pound ol of grain to each 33 3 to 4 pounds of oC milk produced ed dally The smaller breeds as the and Jerseys Jersey Jerse are usually fed grain at the rate of ot i 1 pound to each S 6 pounds of ot milk produced daily dally |