| Show N NN N N N N N N N N N N N N M NN N N t I I. I Dairy Notes 1 N N NON N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Fall born calves are ready to put In Inthe Inthe Inthe the pasture the follow following ng spring a. a With low dairy prices only the heifers from flom best dairy cows coves should be kept Keeping the manure hn hauled led out from now v on will grea greatly aid nid In holding down the fly population t I I I l I Cows need grain and hay as the pastures become short It does not pay to allow v them to lose flesh and drop In production Cows getting less protein In the roughage as when they are fed silage plus a n legume hay need from 10 lG t to 17 per cent of digestible protein In n their grain An excellent fitting ration for the dry cow consists of pounds of ot corn cane or kaffir grain pounds of oats pounds of bran and 75 pounds of oil meal s If It feed Is scarce It t Is better to sell a few cows than to short-feed short the entire herd More lore milk and not less will result and the profits on the remaining remaining re re- re- re cows will be Increased t The amount of protein nc necessary Inn In Ina n a grain mixture for dairy cows depends depends de de- to a great extent on the kind I of hay fed With alfalfa hay use a tl agrain agrain grain mixture containing about 16 10 per cent of at crude digestible pro protein i I Progressive dairymen are arc learning that t It pays puys to feed cows well through f F the summer A suitable grain ration may be made of equal parts of oC ground oats and barley barley barley bar bar- ley with 10 per cent of oil meal added r Is excellent roughage for I Sf Silage e an I dairy Cows Its succulence makes It I I especially desirable but It Is well to remember that It Is very low in protein pro pro- i tein Alfalfa hay or grain containing I I. protein feeds would be used to supplement sup sup- p the sll silage ge I f q |
