Show Dairy Cows Need Grain In Feed Says Expert I Adequate late summer pastures give the average Utahn no end of worry Few v pastures in inthis inthis I this state hold up throughout the season to furnish sufficient feed for the dairy herd therefore ad- ad additional additional ad additional it items ms must be added to the late summer or fall menu ad- ad advises ad advises vises Professor George B Caine of the U S A C Holstein cows producing over 30 pounds of ot milka milk a day should re- re receive receive re receive grain at the rate of one pound of grain to each six pounds or of milk Cows of or the test higher ing breeds that are producing more than 20 to 25 pounds of milk a aday aday aday day should be fed one of or grain for each four or five pounds of milk produced in addition to having ac- ac access ac access cess to good pasture Professor sor Caine sas sa's says Our records show that grain feeding ding production will not only hold tion of milk at a high loyel layel but it will also save Eave on the pastures One grain mixture that will give good when hen fed to cows to supple supple- supplement supplement supplement ment the he pasture is mad made up ot of two parts of chopped barley and andone andone andone one part part part wheat bran by weight Experiments at the ex- ex dairy cx- cx ex experimental farm at the college show that a ratio of ot alfalfa hay good pasture and barley yields the highest returns returns in dollars and cents of or any ration combination tried there If this ration is rated at corn silage would rate 86 and a combination of alfalfa hay luy luyand hayand hayand and pasture would yield 76 per percent percent cent as compared with the alfalfa barley pasture barley combination |