Show ALFALFA ADDS TO DAIRY PRODUCTS supplemented with silage it gi GIN es best results by JAMES W LINN tension dairyman kansas state agricultural college alfilda Is a money saver viver when it comes to feeding dalry cows tor for a profit whenever alfalfa and silage are the dougl age used by a dairy e cow ow the gr in ration that will give gle the best results includes four of corn chop two p parts of oats chop and one tie p part pirt of cottonseed meal in place of the corn chop a feeder may use u b irley hafar or ratio seed la in the place of oats one may substitute bran an all I 1 tin seed meal may tike it tie ta e place of cot to need whenever any of these 1 rod acts are heaper tl it an the ones given in lit the ration in the four two one ration as mended one seventh of the grain mix ture Is tl tte e I 1 iab protein concen tr lie cottonseed cotton sped meil melt if there Is no alfalfa in n the daiev coas ration to get one tint thit th it Is ap proximately as at g 0 ol 01 I 1 as tie t f ur two one ration wl ere alfalfa Is usel use a dalry dairyman min would need e I 1 lal ril I 1 arta of torn orn chop oats bran brin binseel and find cottonseed meal in other words tw fifths of it Is grain mixture will be the t ieh ih pr feln bonenti cone a ate in all allol 11 n hi SIP 1 neal tidal has been added which Is usually aih er in price tl it an in r I 1 n neal eal he be cause conse alfalfa Is left out of tie tl e rail n and there Is nee I 1 of s methin to counteract some gome of the effects of ct ton seed meal when fed without al at falfa gram grain ration for milk cows on dry pastures corn oat and bran will be good enough as a iraln teed feed for the ni lit cows wl en ell the pastures p isturis dry up an tin I 1 I 1 e flies get ba I 1 this s immer and fall two parts grobi d coin one pirt oats t ind nd one part bran by ni we e gl git t 1 ai nr d fed at the rate of ne tie p und of grain to five fife pounds of in ik produced pro laced wil do a I 1 t to keep up the milk flew during the next few WE weeks ela experiments at ohio state sity sh wed tl at ad ing linseed oil me meal meil il and gluten feed to the mixture mentioned above did increase the milk an annl I 1 butterf butter fit it production but the ex tra feed cost ost n ore than the extra milk an I 1 butterfat butterf dt was worth I 1 indeed oil me meal it Is a it good ad llalon to tl e grain il later ter in I 1 n the fall and winter when the tile green grass Is all gone feeding roughage to medium producing cows cows are generally given all the roughage they will eat up clean to go with I 1 I 1 eril enl feeding of alfalfa hayi hay a mixture of equal parts around round bari bar i ley lev and wits oat will he be all right for low to n eddium pro lacing cows for por hoi lot steins mill ng a aj pounds daily or Guern seis or 20 pounds tits mix will he be low in protein and lack ing in var ety tt ese feed in addition to regu lar grain mixture a p und f linseed or cot kneed meil dilta with tl tie e in ik yield so go L ws n liking g 40 lounds 1 bet el two of the hh tilli protein feels fee is the general rule for a n to feld Is one i nun I 1 to each three of in ik oc C OW dairy facts 0 testing te ting will show wl N I 1 ich fell cows sho lid id stay A good god coat of whitewash in the barn will help c aws cows freshening in early fall pill will ill he be dry in july and august the he busy season seison 9 izety bull pens will prevent the bull from learning h s tremendous strength at the time a calf must he be one usually I 1 las as t use his fin fill ers to give tl it e calf the I 1 lea of drInk drinking ln from a pall orn silage e with the corn left in it pro luces luce cl ciper g ga gi i ns tl it an corn stover silage according to tl it e results of ill no s tests many dairymen fail to note the dry ing altures wl an the duhot tier tl er I 1 rm ea alin tie it cow coast a iter it li IR re dearv irav impossible to tp h bibid gilld up lip their con conil tion and pr lucal n I 1 liter iter it tl ti iv v have been neglected f r even a week if UP of kirn hammill mill Is limited barous var ous substitutes substitute 4 can in h emp loel a ter the tte calf Is iq thirty dav ol 01 oil I 1 pried skim can cin c in IP it usel use I 1 to raise daliy illy calves cales decoi I 1 n 1 to fee feeling ling trials at tl ti e nv C I 1 lege ege of agriculture cows due to con e into milk in sep tep timber and october shou shout I 1 be he turne 1 dry s on in order to all w f r a six to el eight bt weeks dry period the heavy prod icer leer qi il be dry the greater length of time 9 J jo i |