Show Grain Feeding of Cows Cowson r on Pasture Necessary Green succulent pasture Is naturally natural natural- ly Iy high In protein but i is low In total digestible nutrients A cow milking 1 over Oyer twenty pounds of milk a day cannot eat enough pasture to provide the tilE necessary carbohydrates drates to maintain main maln- tain that production Grain feeding of this cow on pasture Is absolutely l necessary says J. J C. C NIsbet extension extension exten exten- sion Ion dairyman man Kansas State Agricultural f tural college Her grain ration need not he high In protein protein homegrown home grown feeds eells will balance ha the pasture A mixture mix mix- ture tuie of WO pounds of ot corn and pounds of ol oats should be fed Ced at the rate of ot one pound of nf grain to every four and one half pounds of milk from the Ayrshire Jer Jersey J and Guernsey and one pound of grain to five the pounds of milk from the holstein Dry pasture contains about one one- third as ns much protein as the green succulent grass gruss An understanding of this fact makes 1 the he successful dairyman dairyman dairy dairy- man begin to add a high protein feed teed to his grain ration as soon ns as pasture starts to dry The Time grain mix then Is composed of pounds corn pounds oats and pounds of cottonseed cottonseed cottonseed cot cot- meal The rate of feeding Is ts changed to one pound of grain dally daily to every pound of ot fat tnt produced a s week |