Show J Best Feed Is Essential Even With Dairy Cows The best results from dairying follow fol tal- follow tallow fol- fol low the combination of good cows and the right feeds Without a n correctly balanced ration even en a good cow cannot cannot cannot can can- not yield profitable returns Because of this fact the dairy specialists at atthe atthe the Missouri College of Agriculture ore are able to put dollars ollars into Inlo the pockets pockets pock pock- ets of the tho dairymen who will apply their recommendations Profitable production In dairying must begin with the feed S1 says S 'S E. E M. M Harmon extension dalr dairy specialist Without the tight light feeds no animal can cnn make milk and butterfat efficiently efficient efficient- ly no matter what her breeding It ItIs ItIs Itis Is essential to have hn balance In the ra ra- ra- ra tion The cows cow's body and her product are mUk milk are both made up primarily of four kinds of constituents Water Vater protein carbohydrates and fats and mineral matter The water supply is of utmost Im Im- im- im As a general rule the mineral mineral mineral min min- eral requirements will be satisfied if plenty of legume hays has are fed This leaves the protein and carbohydrate requirements to be satisfied Either of these cannot replace the thc other any anymore anymore anymore more than Ulan the air all In an on automobile tire the can replace the gasoline In the tank Some feeds are high In protein while others are high In drates If It we feed more of one than necessary to balance with the other the excess will simply go to waste For Instance an average farm ration of 25 pounds of corn silage 8 B pounds timothy hay 4 pounds of or corn chop and 1 pound of wheat bran supplies enough carbohydrates to maintain the body body requirements of ot a pound 1000 cow and produce 20 pounds of milk It supplies su only enough protein however however however how how- ever ever to to produce 4 pounds of milk after maintaining the body By substituting a legume hay for tor forthe the timothy adding a pound of cottonseed cot- cot eed Ip meal nl and a pound of bran and reducing the corp corn chop to 3 pounds we get get a n fira ration t on that tha t wilt will supply Just the right amounts of both protein and carbohydrates to maintain the cows cow's body an produce 20 pounds of ot milk I I |