Show importance ot 0 feeding dairy cows Ex explained plaine too many dairymen are attempting to keep more cows than they hale hae amle feed tor for says george D B calne caine exter extension ision dairyman lot for the utah state agricultural college and land they are am hall half elard ing the hole herd and getting no profitable production last year years returns from the dairy herd lierd improvement pro work show tco too large a number of low producing cow cows in utah herda herds in most mod sections the cows cos are well eu bred w the feeding and manager management nent of the cows must bo be faulty this year feeds are plentiful and cheap last year alfalfa waa the most eap exp expensive matve feed and should hae ave been caned by feeding gran but this ear it la is again in the cheap class therefore it should be the foundation of the r tion feed all the good bright leafy alfalfa chrt the cows covis can be coaxed 0 take each da it if they do nob not chi up tip all the tho stocks feed tl ut t to the horses borses or dry cattle so it will aill not be wasted olve give the cows a little ch chance a nce to select the finer stems an and d leaves that contain the most nutrients find and can be more readily assimilated in die bod corn silage Is an excellent succulent cu lent feed to go with alfalfa hay it takes two tso and one halt half to three pound of corn silage to replace on soul pout d of alfalfa hay in t he lie lon this is a quod nt rit and palatable feed and helps a cr great crat at deal in n r the body of the cow in n good condition as well as replacing hay these two feeds should amply tiko care of cows that dr not produce more than pound of butterfat butu afat hi in a ear the cows hould should be kept in good physical condition to show what production they can make and should not be allowed to set get thin some grain should be fed to an cov s in the herds producing more than pounds of butterfat As I 1 this is usually the itle most iffert feeal it should be elen only on a production basis As a general rule feed one pound of grain per day for each four to six pounds of milk ed dully daily when a cows production its below 20 to 23 25 pounds of 4 percent milk dally daily she need not have any grain grain feeding costs slightly more but invariably the net profit Is greater on an the rood good cows oms that have grain added to their ration oats and barley mixed cajal parts by eight will ill make a good ration for most of the cows aej an equal part of goad bran added to this slightly increases both uw ulf and eca tent mid and at the present pee ita li is a bood cv dd i billon ution to the grain ration cows coas that are kept in dry lot over oner lone long periods per ode often show a desire for more mineral in cheit rations especially if bran Is not a part ot of the grain ration to have hao access to steamed tate lne meal which alch should be kept under a shed hc an n a dry place the cam came as the salt box either bone meni or balt salti can bo be fed in the grain mix lre as well as from a box as its suggested I 1 the dairymen should keep records male make a careful studa of the I 1 samp ame and cull their herds more losely on a production and breeding basis the be balance barice of the nerd an then be fed for a more protia I ablo production |