Show Feeding Grain to Cows VS 1 on on Pasture Is Favored A cow eating eatIng 7 75 to pounds of average June grass per day is eating the equivalent of ot 15 to 20 pounds of ot mixed hay Do we feed our good cows only hay In winter No then why dowe do dowe dowe we expect our good cows to keep up In flesh an and 1 in milk flow all summer Ion on grass alone In wl winter ter we feed liberal amounts of grain and silage with hay That Is why cows on pasture pasture pas pas- ture should get something to eat In addition to grass Good grass will help to Increase the milk flow but it may take of off some body flesh because there is no fattening tendency In lush grass A cow weighing 1200 pounds on June 1 1 after being fed liberally on grain all winter was turned out to eat only average grass On July 15 this same cow weighed 1050 pounds This loss In weight of pounds was not Dot due entirely to the heat and the files flies The loss was probably due to the lack of ot proper nourishment Grain feeding In summer is the secret of summer profits and continued con conn tinned production at the lowest cost Grain feeding the year around means the greatest annual profits It helps to build up the cow in summer summer and fall and assures greater profits during the winter months I |