Show Hormone for Cows Boosts Milk Output Possible to Increase Marketing Quotas Feeding dairy cows a hormone this taU fall may help farmers farmer solve the surplus milk problem which cuts their milk checks in the spring and summer The hormone synthetic me the works like the natural secretions secretions secre secre- of the cows cow's thyroid gland Cows getting In tn their feed teed give 10 to 20 per cent more milk says Dr W. W WR n It Graham Jr of Chicago Butterfat production also Jumps Dr Graham research director of The Quaker Oats company pioneered plo pio l experiments In hormone feeding Hormone dairy feeds are specially profitable in the fall and ande I Ie e early a 1 I 1 y winter when marketing bases or quotas are being set he says Under the quota system of milk marketing a farmers farmer's base for forthe forthe forthe the year Is determined by the numa num- num I a i I W Y ry A Iw e. e s p. p u o 0 2 4 s a 7 5 I 9 IO 10 II 11 n Arm am eau Chart shows comparative lactation lactation lac lac- tation curves of ot cows toss fed ted on standard rations and those whose feed leed contains a hormone supplement as a lactation sUm ber of cans he ships dally daily In the fall tall and early winter when milk output is low If he ships 10 cans a day now he is assured of ot full tull price for only 10 cans eans next spring and summer summer although although he may be shipping 13 cans then By feeding a hormone supplement supplement supple supple- ment now Dr Graham explains this same farmer can raise his base as much as 20 per cent cent or or orto to 12 cans instead of 10 So only one ono of his 13 cans next spring would sell at the half price half ra rate e |