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Show CARING FOR THE "DRY" COWS No Profit In Allowing Animals to Run Down In Flesh During Winter-Should Winter-Should Havs Grain. Hy W. M KKI.I.EY.) I know dairymen who do not feed snipper or dry cows any grain food duriiiK the winter until they freshen lute In I lie winter or early spring. This tn ay he a cheap way of roughing them through the winter, but such methodH have never returned a profit on the writer's farm. I know thut It seems a tux to feed dry row i4, but it Is not so much a question ques-tion as (o whether a farmer can afford af-ford to feed them grain as It is whether or not he can afford to have them heroine run down In flesh and he unable to give a good yield of milk after they freshen In the spring. Two pounds of good wholesome grain food a day to each row will help wonderfully and In connection with good ensilage and clover buy will maintain main-tain her In very good condition. We have found early cut clover hay one of the best winfer feeds for dairy cattle. We have often changed from clover to timothy hay nnd Invarlnbly the yield of milk would fall off. Well cured clover hay comes nearer to being a balanced food than any other one crop we grow on our farms. If the cow could hold enough clover hay we would not need to feed anything any-thing else, but she likes a variety and does decide dly better when fed ensilage ensil-age with her clover liny. Corn ensilage ensil-age adds palatiihlllty and succulence to the ration and mukes It easier to miistlcute und digest than dry fodder. The nllo Is bIho a great saver of labor la-bor und barn room and four tons of corn ensilage can h stored In the space occupied by one ton of bay. The dairyman who is without a silo to provide succulence during t tin winter months is certainly up against a hard proposition. |