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Show Alfalfa Hay and Silage Keep Down Dairy Costs Plenty of alfalfa hay and good silage sil-age gives ample feed insurance to the dairy farmer. Even without grain he can keep down dairy costs with these two feeds. Numerous tests show this to be true. Many cows have kept butterfat but-terfat production above the pound-a-day mark on this ration in carefully conducted experiments. Of course adding ad-ding concentrates will give a slightly higher production and perhaps a bit less costly one. nut a well-filled silo and the high-up mow of good alfalfa keep worry from the fanner even If his grain bins go empty he can go on producing milk anld keep his cows fit just the same. The reason so many farmers do not have these Inexpensive but nutritious feeds to carry them over the lean spots before grass Is ready In spring and also during the dry spells of summer, is because they have failed to plan far enough ahead. And this is the time of year that such planning must be done. First of all, plenty of corn and alfalfa must be grown to provide this feed Insurance. Nebraska Farmer. |