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Show RAISE SOILING CROPS FOR DRY SEASON Proper Fecdinp of Dairy Cows Will Stop Decrease in Flow of Milk The farmer who has found it difficult to keep up the flow of milk of his cows during the perio 1 of short pasture that comes dur- ing the later summer months, can get some valuable suggestions from the following announcement just made by I'rofessor deojrge H. Cainc, expert in dairying at the Utah Agricultural College: The average Utah farmer interested in-terested in the Dairy business should be looking forward to the production of an abundance of feed for the coming season. Thf period of short pasture for cow1 throughout Utah in August and September, is the worst feeding period during the summer. Cows that decrease in their milk pro-puction pro-puction at this time invariably do not recover during the winter and their total production is much decreased. Now is the time to arrange a few acres of ground to furnish succulent green feed for the cows during this period. If corn is to be planted, arrange enough in addition ad-dition to that necessary to fill the silo so that it can be cut and fed "rem from the field to the cows. Corn is verv palatable and nutritious nu-tritious at all times and can b" fed to cows before it is mature This will help materially in keeping keep-ing up the milk How. Peas and oats planted togtlu furnish a very excellent green ilH feed to supplement pasture or to lH be used alone during part of the H season. Mix equal parts of both H grains very carefully before put- j H ting them into the drill. A good ; H grain drill will handle both of ' ! H these grains successfully. The ' H crop should be cut before it ma- j H hires in order to have it most I l H palatable and nutritious. ! |