Show RIGHT FEED FOR FORA A DAIRY HEIFER Dairymen should become more farsighted far far- sighted lu Iu raising young oung stock for th the qualIty or of tlC the future herd depends depend largely on bre breeding and Inherited pro pro- productive e capacity It If the heifer is stunted by poor feeding and neglect she will not become the of oC anImal ani mal we want when she he calves She will be lacking In capacity and as the consumption ot of roughage Is sury sary for economical milk production It will be found that In the end It does not pay to neglect the young stock One cause for the marked difference In the size Ize ot of cows of the same breedIng breed breed- hag Ing as found In different herds Is this factor of ration when young oung says J J.P. J. J I P. P laster LaMaster chief of the dairy diva slon sion ut at Clemson college South Curo Curo- Tina DurIng the summer on good pas pas- I cure little It if any grain Is needed Ir if the b heifer Is at least ten months old I but when pastures are poor or dried I up a little grain Is necessary In winter however to get the most rapid II growth It Is necessary to supply a I considerable le proportion of the cots In the form of concentrates Where even the best roughage Is fed alone the growth wilt will not note e be us as much muchas much us as where grain Is fed also I The followIng are suggestIons for rations for heifers in winter I L 1 When silage and legume hay are available corn silage alfalfa cowpea or soybean sohean hay lit at will For heIfers less than ten months old two pounds I of grain dally daily In addition The grain must be puts parts of corn and oats i For heIfers helfers within three months of calvIng in order to Insure good flesh fiell I fit at that time three to five pounds of grain should be fed depending on con con- 2 WhEn corn silage e Is available but not I legume gume hay at will vili and hay or fodder Taro o or three pounds of concentrates should be fed dally daily one pound of whIch should be of high protein content such as cottons cottonseed ed edin in meal al Equal El ul parts of corn oats and ancl bran and third one o le cottonseed meal 3 legume hu hay Is on hand lland but but no silage Feed all the hay they ley will clean up and also two pounds of corn cornand and oats 4 When no silage or legume hay bay bayIs Is a available It will pay to bu buy o legume hl hay or It grass grass hay is fed alone feed all they ivill clean up A graIn ration ra- ra tion flon for mixed ml ed hay wIll have to be somewhat higher In protein such ns as three pounds of a mixture of two parts of corn corn and one part of f cotton cottonseed I seed meal 0 |