Show D Y m SOILING CROPS ARE REQUIRED FOR MILK Because ec use ot of a succession ot of dry summers In northeastern Minnesota It has bas be become me necessary s ry to s supplement permanent pastures It If dairy cows are areto areto to be properly fed and the milk flow maIntained In August just as butterfat butter butter- tat fat prices start on the ascending scale sc le says M J. J Thompson super super- superIntendent ot of the Northeast east Experiment l- l ment station ot of Minnesota university Mr Thompson believes this condition condition condi- condi tion should be anticIpated when seeds are beIng ordered and crops planned Three things can be done to provide summer succulence he be says L 1 Sweet clover er pasture Not yet gener generally Uy established sow seed for tor 1925 2 Summer silage Not wholly practical practical since most farms with silos have bave winter capacity only and If there Is a carr over carry over much ot of It spoils 8 Soiling crops that Is crops cut cot green hauled In and ted fed The last offers the cheapest and best solution ot of the problem says Mr Thompson Such crops require only a limited acreage Fall sown rye Is the first available In the sum sum- mer Oats though somewhat later offers the greatest range ot of seeding late April to late June and thus serves more need Peas may be sown with It Second crop sweet clover and later sunflowers chopped and corn com aU all make excellent teed feed Our herd consumes over o 00 per cent ot of these feeds teeds so that waste Is small Ii In thIs manner the milk flow v Is sustained sustained sus- sus and prolonged Into the winter high prIce period |