Show CARING FOR THE imy DRY COWS COW 1 no profit in allowing animals to run down in flesh during wirter winter should have grain hy by W lif KELLEY I 1 know dalry dairymen men who do not toed feed strippers or dry cows any grain food during the winter until they freshen late lu in the winter or early spring this may be ba a cheap way of rou roughing hinz them item through tho the winter but such methods have never returned a profit on 31 the writers farm I 1 I 1 know that it seems a loss to feed dry cows but it is not net so much a question as to whether a farmer can af ford to feed them grain aa it if Is whet whether 11 1 r or not he can afford mohave them become run down in flesh and bo be unable to give a good yield of cf milk after they freshen in the spring two pounds of good wholesome grain food a day to each cow III help v wonderfully onder fully and in connection with good ensilage and clover hay will main tain lain her in very good condition we have found early cut clover hay one of the best winter feeds tor for dairy cattle we have often changed from clover to lo timothy hay lay and invariably the yield of milk would fall off well cured clover hay comes nearer to being a balanced food than any aay other ono one crop we grow ou our faris tarr s if tho the low cow could hold enough clover hay we would not need to teed feed anything else but she likes a varle variety ty and does better when led fed ensilage with her clover hay corn ensilage adds palatability and succulence to the ration and makes it easier to mast masticate I 1 cate and digest than dry fodder the silo Is also a great saver of labor and barn room and four tons of corn ensilage can be stored in the space occupied by one ton of hay bay the dairyman who Is without a silo to provide succulence during the winter months la 13 certainly up against a hard proposition |