Show DAIRY FACTS BIG F FACTORS ACTORS IN PRODUCING MILK because of tile the prevailing high of 0 feeds much stress tin hag 8 been auld on weeding out the poor cows rod nud keeping only those that produce at a profit tills this Is round polley policy only it if tho the cows cowa lieve been properly fed and cared for states E A gauntt assistant dairy specialist nt at the now new jersey college of agriculture two factors must be considered in milk production namely inherited ability of tile tho cow to produce milk nod feed and care the importance of proper feeding was proved recently by tho the minnesota experiment station which purchased hamd four poor cows cowa from a member of a cow testing association this roan man thought lie ho had fed his COWS cowa properly lie bought largo quantities of mill feeds ile ho fed a mixture of 00 parts of bran SU 80 of 18 of ready mixed feed find and 4 of oil meal lie ile fed five pounds of this to each cacti cow dally tho the cows were on pasture six months this feed cost him a cow and tho the average milk product production ton was pounds of milk and is 2 pounds of fat ills net profit wa was R 1700 per cow after the college purchased them their feed was changed to a bil balanced lanced ration and instead of feeding each cacti cow five pounds they were fed according to tho the amount of milk thy produced in other words tho the more milk they gave tho the more feed they were given abo cows were kept on pasture only five months instead of six and got alfalfa tiny hay and corn ellure instead of timothy this change boosted tile the average to pounds of milk an increase of per cent the butterfat increase was 77 pounds per cow the feed cost was instead of 4 but the profit per cow was instead of tills this means that by proper feeding the owner could have increased Inc reared ma his net profit 25 per cow which would not have been a bad investment |