| Show I e DAIRY COWS ON PASTURE I NEED SOME GRAIN Farmers feeding dairy cows during the spring and summer should be sure I to use plenty of properly mixed grain feeds with the legumes or grasses to get et best and cheapest milk returns return according to the national dairy coun coun- cil Leading college dairymen have made a n study of ot this important problem problem lem lern and a agree ree that dalr dairy cows cannot possibly consume enough grass to maintain milk flow and their body requirements too Cows cant can't make milk on air and water writes Prof Proto A. A R. R Merrill dairy specialist of the Connecticut experiment experiment ex ex- station statton They nee need some feed Pasture grass Is one of the best Lest forms of succulent green feed that w we have but as a rule there Is not enough nouh of it Cows that are arc dependent depend depend- ent nt on pasture alone cannot get the amount of feed teed they need When hen we stop to consider that the average a cow needs to o pounds of pasture grass per day for maintenance and production we can cnn easily see why ItIs it itis itis is necessary to furnish some additional feed The Tine feeding of grain on pasture ieso la ie laBO BO so important states Prof E E. L L. L Savage Savage Sav Sn age oge of Cornell university in Dairymen's Dairy Dalry- Dairymen men men's League News That I am going i to tok take the tho time m and space to emphasize size It again A mixed grain feed containing per ver cent to 20 O per cent protein should be fed on pasture For farmers who do not raise sufficient sufficient sufficient grains there are man many balanced ration feeds on the market use of ot which will bring profit In Increased milk flow Most of them contain corn oat ont and wheat products and other other other oth oth- er grain raised cheaply in the corn belt states These eventually find their way Into the enormous milk supply supply sup sup- pI ply of cities such as ns New York Phil or Boston according to the National Dairy council Dairymen In New York use large amounts of feed produced in the West Vest and have learned that they cannot produce milk mill profitably and maintain their herds without adding a n grain ration to spring and summer pastures |
