Show j DAIRY R i CORRECT FEEDING PAYS DOUBLE v NO NOW I Start now to prepare for next nest wInters wInter's winters winter's winters winter's win wIn- ter's milk checks A. A J. J Cramer dairy husbandman at atthe atthe the University of Wisconsin Is reminding remind remind- Ing fob the members of the states state's 1 cow testing us associations that the feed feell and care given the dairy herd during luring the late summer when pastures arc nrc short will have a big influence on the thc production of or the cows s several seral eral months later Intel This ho lie feels is especially especially es es- true truc of the fall freshening COWS II The Thc dry weather durin during middle summer summer summer sum- sum mer has hns resulted In short pastures As a result many dairy cows are aref i. i f needing additional feed in order orlIer to keep up their milk mill flow and body r weight A drop in milk flow often orten reduces reduces re- re rei i d duces ces the thc Income from from the herd henl to k such an nn extent that there Is s no profit left for the dalr dairyman man The specialist advises feeding a R agrain agrain grain mixture to all nil high producing cows even cven on the best of pa pasture ture andr and r adds that after pasture gets short all I. I cows coves should receive grain or silage In r addition to the pasture If profitable returns are arc to be expected lie calls attention to the experience of man many I of the farmers who are keeping close watch of their feeding and profits through cow testing association work I The cow that Is dry and will freshen q In the fall Is In position to receive e UI thet the t i worst setback set from dr dry pastures Cramer believes It is common knowl- knowl r f edge to dairymen that If a n cow is thin when she freshens her production will suffer ButTer during the the entire lactation period following It is just as true but not as generally known that th the r thin cow will have a n lower test than J if she were in good flesh while milk milk- ing The reduced yield an and lower test I resulting from a thin condition mal make c cH I 1 it H doubly important to keep her in good flesh while dr drA dr A 1 grain mixture recommended for forthe forthe r the milking herd consists of r L pounds ground baric barley corn or hominy hornin horn hom in fay iny pounds wheat bran and pounds of linseed meal cottonseed i urea meal or gluten feed One pound of I this should be lie fed for each four tour or I five pounds of milk produced For Forthe Forthe the dry cow the testing official advises equal parts by weight of ground oats L i ground barley or corn wheat bran branand and a high protein feed From three I 1 a to eight pounds daily dally should should be fed C f depending on condition of the cow |