Show DAIRY DA I 1 optimistic VIEW ON DAIRY OUTLOOK feed liberally Is advice of colorado expert dairymen can receive a campara lively bood income from dairy cows this winter tf if they will feed the cows liberal rations of hay and grain so states the november outlook report on the dairy situation prepared by the extension service of the col orado agricultural college and the denver office of the division of crops and live stock estimates of the department part ment of agriculture in some sections where alfalfa hay Is not available the report continues the grain ration should contain some Prot protein elit concentrate such as cotton seed meal and bran both are low lu ifil price at present butterfat prices will probably con dinue steady to stronger until the pas ture season arrives next spring the present volume of dairy production Is eo eri to be maintained on account of relatively low teed feed prices increased numbers of milk cows on farms and a tendency toward further expansion in spite of a favorable cold storage condition butterfat prices are low be cause of a decreased consumer demand it Is added although the num ber of dairy cows and heifers on farms in colorado has shown little increase in recent years the number through out the country s the largest on rec ree ord as the result of a gradual increase since there were 21 head on farms the first of this year compared with the year before and the average tor for the past five years this increase has been due to favorable returns from dairy products compared with returns from other farm commodities heifers one to two years old that are being kept for milk increased from 4 the average for the past five years to 4 last year and this year must mave protein in ration for dairy cow protein Is the expensive ingredient in most rations and it Is essential that dairy cows have plenty of that sub stance tf if they are to milk profitably As a source of protein five pounds of snapped corn would equal three pounds of alfalfa hay on the other hand as sources of total digestible nu prients five pounds of snapped corn would equal eight pounds of alfalfa hay bay the following Is a good grain ration for dairy coggs cov a ground snapped corn pounds ground oats pounds bran pounds cotto cottonseed need meal pounds this should be fed to cows in the proportion of one pound tor for every three and a halt half or four pounds of milk produced together with all the al falfa hay that they will eat la ia farmer increasing butter sales surveys in rural communities in butter producing areas such as kan sas iowa minnesota and wisconsin showed increased consumption of 20 to per cent n localities where in fled educational work by the dairy council on butter has been done A checkup of some territories such as tama iowa in the spring of 1031 where an increase of 24 per cent in butter con consumption emption had been secured indicates that such results are per manent that these country results are wide spread Is indicated by a survey made by the department of agriculture of iowa in the spring and fall of 1930 which indicated that in ten counties where dairy council work was done selected at random throughout that state the sale of butter had increased in like lile proportion hoards hoard s dairy man why milk flow went off drinking cups in the dairy barn of floyd van champaign county ohio are worth 3 60 a month each last winter one cup erving two cows was out of repair 10 days the two cows fell off 2 pounds ot of milk a day each mr air van was getting 3 cents a pound for his milk the milk flow was decreased 12 cents a day or 3 60 a month the cups cost 4 80 apiece in stalled said mr air van that means that it takes them just 40 days to pay for themselves it if you count 2 pounds a cow a day credit to the cups I 1 think they are entitled to more credit than that I 1 watered the two cows from a pall pail while the cup was out of repair if it the cows hod had to go into the cold to drink I 1 believe the drop in milk flow would have been twice as great cappers capper s farmer sire proved value those who attended the national dairy show at st louis last year had an opportunity to visual ze the value of a production bred sire in a dairy herd six daughters of a sire owned by geore W pope of wisconsin aver age pounds milk and pounds tat this was 2 2105 iga pounds milk mill and 50 6 pounds pound fat more than was produced by the dams of these young cows CONNS these animals were shown at the national dairy show last year hoards dairyman |