Show D y J I USING PASTURES TO q REDUCE COST D Dairy l r Copy y Pays p Pays Y High R Re Returns turns f for Good Grass i pastures a t es th r 1 provide at least en months of good O grazing nil g and a a 11 Plentiful pt rul S supply qt gf legume oily hay for r the the l winter months months' are are the theT two T principle l Items Reins needed to red reduce ce the cost of ot producing milk J If o our r dairymen t tn n are are to compete OI pete i i with those from other i- i ise se sections the I cost ost of pro producing milk for market must he reduced sa says g A C. C F t t dairy extension ns on specialist t nt at the North Carolina State tate college collee The T The e. e best hest way i to do th this s Is to provide more and better betI better bet bet- I ter pastures which 1 will supply profitable profitable profit- profit I able ahle gr grazing for tor at least seven months of th the year eJr rond nd to grow nn nn abundance of high quality legume gun e hay for for winter I feeding s Grass Gras Is the cheapest t source source of m nutrients trl Its for tor milk production This I grass may be be grown anywhere In J I North Carolina where the dairymen will use fertile land laud for the purpose j It Impossible Is to Jo build a good pasture pasture pas pas- I ture tune on poor soil Just as It Is Impo Impossible ble to secure a profitable corn yield sl I on poor soil Mr BIr Kimrey says sass this does not mean to use the mo more e desirable fields of ot the I farm as pasture but there are many farms with good rolling land which will wash badly when hen cultivated that may be profitably planted to grass I Good creek bottoms could also be I used The dairy cow will pay a high return return return re re- re- re turn per acre for good pasture Records Records Rec nee kept on four North Carolina herds embracing cows showed a return of 43 an acre for the grass consumed consumer con con- sumer during a grazing season of six months This was an average of ot more than 7 an acre for tot each month In securing these figures the milk was valued at the average wholesale prices paid by milk plants Mr Kimrey says similar returns can be duplicated on any dairy farm In North Carolina He Be claims also that pastures are essential es In to growing out the young stock so badly needed neEde |