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Show BETTER FEED PAYS The Dairy division of the Univei sity of Minnesota recently demonstrated demon-strated in a very striking way the Increased In-creased profit that win result from the better feeding o fthe average farm cow. Four cows that hadl averaged 182 pounds of butterfat eacn per year for two years, were purchased from a Minnesota farmers and taken to tho University farm. The cows were feu a suitable ration, entirely homegrown, home-grown, and they produced an average aver-age of 259 pounds of fat per year foi two years. This meant an increase of 77 pounds of fat per oow per year, or 42.3 per cent. The added feed cost per cow was $11.96 and the average annual increase "above cost of feed was $25 per year per cow. The grasses and clovers of the pasture at this time of year do noc have the nutrients in abundance as th e earlier grasses do, and supplemental supple-mental feeding from now on is a necessity if the cows are to maintain a normal milk flow, and keep up in vitality. If the milk flow is allowed to drop now for want of feed, it wili be difficult to ever bring it back during dur-ing the present lactation period, and it costs less to maintain the flow than to attempt to restore same after it is once down. A few pounds of hay a day now to the heavy producer will pay big dividends all through the winter. |