Show I P Tj TjI REA HEAVY VY l NEED SOME GRAIN Cows that he n large large flow ot of milk should receive e some grain no matter matter mat mat- ter how good the pasture ma may ue be For such suh cows grain Is necessary If IC the mill milk flow Is to be and the body flesh is 15 to be kept in 10 correct condition On poor pastures the feed I Sag of grain Is not n a matter of choice St Jt is n a necessity It If the cows are to todo todo do well lt It Is Imp to make n a grain mix mix- tare ture that will balance grass throughout the entire season enson In the earl early spring pasture gruBs brass contains much more mOle protein than It dues does later Inter In the season In hot weather droughts drought affect the growth of pasture grass makIng the use of different grains brains necessary essary to properly balance the ration Corn Coro meal wheat bran oats cottonseed cotton cotton- cottonseed seed meal oil meal and gluten feeds feed are some of the best feeds for cows cowson cowson on pasture Front From three to ten pounds ot of grain dull dally are the extreme limits usually followed for feedIng grain to pastured milk cows the Increase being made gradually as pastures become scant During very dry r weather grass ras becomes low In and th then thenIs 11 Js Is the time to call tIe the summer silo sll Into pla play But not all farms are yet equIpped with what In time will come cometo to ua be regarded as n a dairying necessity Therefore the only alternative e Is to cut feed some kind of green reen feed such ns as corn When silage Is fed d see t that nt the grain mixture Is rIch In protein pro pro- tein the ingredient which silage In la ks Jack Baker In the Dairy Farmer |