Show W F CHEAP SOURCE OF FEEDS FOR DA good pasture and li liberal eral supply of legume good pasture and a plentiful supply of legume hay are the two cheapest sources of dairy feeds especially when these are economically produced records kept on four herds berds of 12 cows la in guilford Gull tord and forsyth counties show the average monthly feed cost a cow during the six non pasture months to be 12 1221 21 says A arey dairy extension specialist at the north carolina state college during the six pasture months th tri average teed feed cost for each cow was only the difference of w was as a saving due to pasture but mr arey also says more morl milk was produced during the pasture season than during the non lion pasture season the value of the extra ex tra milk was month the total in a cow per crease in the income from the cows during the laiture geisin seisin v as this mcney says the dalry dairy man represents the savings in the feed bill made possible I 1 y the use ue of 0 with the small increase pa pasture ture together in income from the extra milk produced the ar area ea grazed by each cow ac cording to the records record S was viar approximately one and one fourth acres the 4 se seasonal return per acre therefore was 44 reel aning the mills milk sold at SO 30 cents a gallon mr arey says the united states bureau of dairying has conducted certain tests showing th that at milk may be produced produce d economically on pasture and good roughage alone rhe rou hage U used sed in the tests however was as go good od alfalfa hay and corn silage an aver age production of 1058 founds of milk and 8 pounds of butter fat was secured from the ten cows used many north carolina dairymen will be skeptical of these results e says because grain Is fed liberally liber libe rilly illy in this state and hay very sparingly because so little is grown the absence of pasture and homegrown home grown legume iny hay is a handicap to successful dairy farming in north carolina mr air arey believes dairy calves will wear muzzles to avoid scours piecing between meals Is taboo for the calves in the cornell university dairy herd there tie tt e young calf Is 1 muzzled for the first three or four weeks and it eats only at the regular feeding time reports 11 II craw ford of 0 the new york state college of agriculture colon bacteria which causes most cases of calf scours are present in dust just hay straw and gi ain aln tl TI e prevent the calf from munching these coarse materials in which dan ger may way seem insignificant and which sometimes start stomach pains or other slight irritation such an irritation a aggravated by material hard bard to digest together with the millions of bacteria works to cause calf scours he lie ex plains since adopting the muzzling ng method three years ago little difficulty has bag been experienced with calf scours A large breeding establishment in new york state at that time was losing most of the calves with scours ani related complications ins after adopting muzzles they have lost but few calves where little or no trouble Is 1 elpe mr crawford says such a strict system of management Is un warranted but where valuable stock Is grown and diseases make losses the system deserves a trial and it Is good economy to observe every detail A strict sanitation program outlined by dr D II 11 udall of the new state college collep of veterinary medicine Is available on request to the depart ment of animal husbandly hus bandy at cornell university timely suggestion for obtaining quality milk bulletin of the agricultural ex tension service of the ohio state versify very thoroughly discusses the subject of producing good fallk the outline suggested for easling wasi ing and sterilizing milk utensils Is briefly listed below 1 rinse with clean cold water in fig mediately med lately after the utensil Is use 1 this rinsing removes a large a aunt of the milk before it dries 2 anasa ash in hot water containing conta inin dairy washing powder poder use a bru brushy h and not a cloth jbf 3 kinse rinse with clean hot water 4 sterilize with steam boiling I 1 fra a ter or a solution copies of bulletin may be ob talked by writing the ohio state uni hersity columbus ohio uses own judgment in order to determine what price can be paid for a feed and which feed will be the cheapest to buy the d dalry dry man must appreciate what tale a of feeds he has on hand an I 1 wl at type of feeds he needs need sto to tiem item feeds reeds should be burcl ased i 1 ot I 1 I 1 v the price per ton but by tl ti e arl hrire e per pound of the feces arv d g castil I 1 ie fee I 1 elements unfortunately tl e feed store man tells us the I 1 rl ri e per ton or per 1 I shel 00 an 1121 1 fie the must use his ji JL dment d ment rient amt i il |