Show 7 ca 1 I jm LIBERAL FEEDING OF HEIFERS BEST specialist offers suggestions to meet conditions feed a liberal amount ot of feed to the yearling heifer and watch her grow ahat Is fhe the recommendation made by J C nisbet extension dal dairyman ryman kansas hansas state agricultural college to all dairymen by lack of sufficient lelent and the right kind of feed the yearling belfer will never develop tl e size she should and will mature much later than the well fed heifer bays this dairy specialist he tour four rations to increase the returns from the yearling 1 heifer first ration feed all al the alfalfa hay she will eat ui der ten months feed tw to three pounds of a mix ture of corn chop oats bran and oil meal and 12 to 20 pounds of silage per d daiy diy ay iy over ten months feed small amounts ann ants of 0 corn chop increase the silage to 20 to 30 pounds dally daily second lation tation to be fed where al at falfa hay bay Is iq not ie le but silage Is plentiful feed all the roughage she will eat in addition feed 15 to SO 30 pounds of silage per day the 1 eifer will need three to five flee pounds of berain mixture of corn oats and oil meal in which the oil meal makes up at liast one half of the rain ration third ration aniere ft 1 ere alfalfa aty Is available but there Is no silage feed the heifer all the alfalfa hay she will eat and three to five pounds a day of a mixture of equal parts oats corn bran and oil leq meil I 1 ration where neither al at calfi hay nor silage is available I 1 alfalfa to form one half to one third of the total roughage con fumed dally daily feed reed grain as in ration tin th i ee dont stop top grain feed during pasture season farly pasture for the dairy cow Is not going to make the owner any money if he assumes that washy grass will entirely take the place of grain feeding in that case the pas ture results in a heavy strain on her she will mill soon be in poor condition falling off in her milk flow and illy prepared for the later test of hot er flies and short pasture it Is much better to keep up the grain feed i g at a fair profit now in order to insure a steadier milk flow through out the summer and to keep the cows in go d physical condition the correct ration tor for cows on pas ture acord ac cording iii to the missouri expert ment station Is 00 to pounds ot of ground corn pounds of ground oats or bran pounds cottonseed meal a good mineral mixture the minerals will mill furnish lime and phate to mil e milk keep the cow in condition and help to develop the calf sie Is carding it makes the cow more resistant to abortion and pos sibly also more resistant to flies immature sweet clover likely to cause bloat alfalfa and sweet clover when in full I 1 loom are less likely to cause caus bloating tl an the immature clover w wl ere wet with dew or rain keep cows ot off the pasture until dew and rain I 1 ave dried allow tree free access to salt and slated elal ed lime feed cows I 1 afore turning tl em into the pasture wl vlen en sweet clover Is the exclusive r ration and has been fed for some time it n ty cause death deith from bleeding tl TI e hemorrhages occur in large swellings smelling about the rump or alsem elsewhere I 1 ere in the b dy or internally suit such po s n ng most comm aly occurs when the sweet clover cloer la Is molda hav ing been killed by frost or mi withered in a or when old sm sweet beet clover la is excess excessively hely fed del orning or cas arati in Is til it elv to be followed by fatal blee ing 1 ns wl en such sn sweet beet clover has been the exclusive roughage feed of cattle weedy pastures injure high quality of milk rl III ll Il culous is not the word to describe tl tie e qu lity of milk from cows cos i inning tit i ing on weedy pasture fields ob deives the farm journal ragweed pigweed and goldenrod oden rod cause milk that Is way off wl aten en it comes to fla vor or to say hotl gotling ing of reduced flow at tl Is time of year but cows don t eat these weeds from choice cows will let the weeds alone it you will teed feed plenty of good rough age plus grain and supplements or a ready mixed dalry feed sheep for weed meed killing and for wool dairy cows for milk abat Is the best dairy program bolt the separator the separator should be placed level and firmly bolted to a strong dounda tion to prevent vibration of the ma chine it should run smoothly to prevent loss of butterfat in the skim milk as well as excessive wear mear of the machine to prevent undue strain and wear the separator should be started at low speed and gradually r raised to full speed the bowl should be filled with warm water when started to take ou dust and odors and keep the enill sweet |