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Show Roughage Reduces Dairy Feed Costs Sufficient Supply of Legume Hay and Silage Will' Be of Much Value. fiy J'nn t-y, KKnsi-.n T-l.'i ir m;,n, N-jrtii Car-Jin State O.Meie. VL' Service. An adequate supply of good roughage is recommended for decreasing the cost of feeding dairy cows and increasing their milk and cream production. Cows fed liberally on roughage such as lospodeza, alfalfa, clover and soy I bean silage will give a good milk How with only a limiled amount of grain in their ration. To insure a sulliiient supply of roughage for the summer and winter, dairymen should dan to produce enough hay and silage to give each animal an-imal all it needs. About one and a half tons of legume hay and three tons of silage should be provided for each average-size cow during Ihe winter. If no silage is available, the amount of legume hay should he increased to two and a half tons. A combination of silage and hay is preferable to hay alone, since silage furnishes a succulent ralion which is needed in winter. Also, a large quantity quan-tity of silage can he produced on a small acreage. One acre of good corn or sorghum will supply enough silage to feed three cows six months. The trench silo Is so inexpensive and valuable that no farmer owning as many as four mature cows can afford to be without one. With such a silo, the farmer can store away an abundant abun-dant supply of silage for the winter with comparatively little expense. |