Show High Quality Hay Cuts Dairy Costs Labor 80 Percent Of Production Cost Good pasture and low-cost hay will cut feed and labor costs and greatly Increase net returns for declared Timothy Michigan State College agricultural Hodge estimates that feed and expense represents per cent of the cost of a dairy The lower the feed and labor costs can be the bigger will be the dairyman's net Pasture and hay are the cheapest feed a cow can Agronomists re- ANO HAV AND LOW RETURN 1 1 1 COST 7 1 FEED AND j I MILK FROM ONE COW MILK FROM ONE COW L W The above Illustration clearly hows the net returns for ample good pasture and hay and returns when pasture Is scarce and of low port that 25 pounds of good alfalfa hay will supply all the protein needed to produce about 30 pounds of 4 per cent milk daily and furnish carotene and vitamin D as Good pasture cuts labor because the cows do the Three essentials needed to maintain good pasture and get maximum returns from pasture crops a legume-grass mixture best adapted to your growing a fertile soil that will steadily furnish a well balanced supply of plant Soli tests will show the land's need for lime and for phosphate and potash good management which rotates grazing and avoids overworking some areas while others become coarse and Good management also involves harvesting pasture growth at the peak of its protein value to Insure high quality |