Show Y 1 in T ar 5 FEED FOR COWS IN PASTURE early pasture hate haa stimulating effect on milk and butter production hay and silage help cows that are turned into early spring pasture are benefited if fed ns aa much hay and silage as they will eat Is IB the opinion of professor 0 C humphrey of tho the college of agriculture university of wisconsin ile he giboo tho the following advice to dairy mon spring pasture has a stimulating cumulating effect on milk and butter tat fat production land aid the amount of milk and butter fai fat Is increased quite appreciably even though a decrease in live weight may occur this increase in production la is greater where hay bay and silage are fed than where pasture alone constitutes the toed food when cows are withhold withheld from grass graas until it becomes very good they may refuse hay and silage but ordinarily it la Is believed to bo be the beat ylan to supplement early spring pasture with hay and silage in such quan as aa cattle will eat losses lopees in live weight which occur during the spring pasture season havo have to be made mada up later and usually at the expense of production and the interests of the owner during a period ot of nine years it has been noted that on the average ST 87 per der cent of the cows of the university dairy herd decreased in body weight during the two weeks following the tine they were turned to pasture the amount of shrinkage varied according to what the cows were fed in addition to pasture during two respective years when hay and aldage were not fed in addition to pasture a marked average shrinkage in weight of 51 61 and 95 pounds was observed |