Show A TILE a COW CANNOT EAT ENOUGH PASTURE home grown feeds will fill out grain ration B bi J C NISBET extension dairyman kansas state agricultural college knowing the needs of dairy cows and wl at tl ti ey eat wt wl en on pasture will add to the dollars from the milk bucket green succulent pasture Is natural ly high in protein but Is is low in total dige tible nutrients A cow milking over 20 pounds of milk a day cannot eat enough pasture to provide the nee essary earl carlol 01 3 ideates di ates to maintain that production grain feadin fe edin of this cow on pasture Is absolutely necessary her grain ration need not be high in protein home bome grown feeds will bal bat ance the pasture A mixture of pounds of corn and pounds of oits oats should be fed at the rate of one pound of grain to every four and alf pounds of mill from tl e ayrshire jersey and guernsey and one pound of grain to five pounds of milk from the holstein dry pasture contains about one tl ti ird as much protein as the green succulent grass an understanding of this fact makes the successful dairy man begin to aid it id a high protein feed to his grain ration as boon as pasture starts to dry the grain mis mix then Is composed of pounds of corn pounds of oats and pounds of cot meal 11 ile e rate of feeding Is changed to one pound of brain dally daily to every pound of fat produced a u week eek abundance of pasture Is very im to the dairy co cov v being the hardest worked animal on tie tle farm she does not need a bare gymnasium tor for exercise anery time she produces five gallons of milk ale st e has used up more energy than a team of 1500 pound horses plowing through an eight hour day cooling milk supply Is not difficult problem the summer spells are accompanied by the usual loss to milk and cream shippers much milk has been returned as un fit for use due to souring and the a ag gregath loss in only a few d tys would run into thousands of dollars in a single county and in every such hot spell there here are many farmers who never lose a can of milk and many otters oti ers who always do why the dif ference it Is all summed up in two th cleanliness clean lines and old cold the first Is most important where all dairy utensils are concerned improper wash ing and scald ng will do far more to spoil milk than dirty cows conis or dirty stables on any farm A c ling tani at the well ell through which the water anten In tendel e I 1 for tie tl e stock flos flo s Is effect eff ec tive and in coan on use ice fee Is desir able but many farmers who never I 1 tae me hid bid a can of milk returned are also without ice lee A surey suney of their methods aou d show real cleanliness in hand handling ling the milk and olang cooling as well as well water will allow controlling abortion Is not difficult task contagious bertlon is not difficult to control dr pol pot ert graham I 1 ardue unive sity stated recent recently lv at tl ti e meet ing of ta tie e indiana dalre men s ass cl el atlon at ardue I 1 before attempting empting dt to irav out erad cation plans the daan I 1 en should learn I 1 low ow the dis ea e is spread pread correct understand n of tl tt e na tui tuie e of tl e disease tl e in I 1 hortance lor ortance tance of ot tie tl e abortion test segregation of the infected anil anh ils an I 1 clean clean stables and cle n bards are necess necessary arv in con arol of tl it e disease if the manager or owner of the herd is not aware of tie ta P value alue N of tl ese sin tary measures it la Is next to in possible for alm to carry out a good program the local veterinarian assisted by tt e laboratory Is dl at ie to give the dalr nen il en ince that w m 11 get re suits giov to v blat tl at some cows blat tl at calne normally may be spreaders of the dise disease ioe sunflower feed cows coms lei I 1 ea up their milk how flow east 1 er alen fed early cut sunflowers in the 9 lo 10 i I 1 nd tl ti ey lose less in ili weight eight m wl en fe I 1 silage fr in tl tt e e irly cut ting than when eating silage fr in the later I 1 aresta lar vests lie ile fresley cut early plants be very watery matery and sip will run out of the silo ito unless tl e p plants lants are allo allowed i ed to wilt milt for a licit time in tl e feld abey may be cut with a corn b ader I 1 ut hind hand cutting la i 1 rob ably better treating for bloat formal n is recognized as the best treat ent for bloat tl TI Is may be secured from any drug store and should I 1 ie e tl e 40 per cent solution ore oi e tab lespo naul ua he be mixed with mith one quart of water and civen to the animal which will give qu ck ch relief in a id tion to the use or f ri la ial n tl e old tim precautions precaution s s uld le 1 e ol 01 served to rev ent bloat from mccurr n G ve tl e cattle a good r I 1 dry irv feed before turning on to g V it 0 if ka IN |