Show 1 1 Y m D ji FACt r USING PASTURES I I TO REDUCE COST I I 1 I I Dairy Cow Pays High Returns Returns Returns Re Re- 1 turns for Good Grass i it i r I. I Pastures that will wili provide prO at nt least seven se months of at good grazing and a i hay for the j plentiful supply of legume winter months are the t two t 0 principle needed to reduce the cost of at t j i Items y producing milk s If our dalr dairymen are to competes compete l with those from other sections the 1 i. cost of producing milk for market 1 i must be he reduced says A. A C. C r specialist at nt the North f dairy extension 1 i Carolina State colle college c The best es way to do this Is to provide prO more and find better hetter het- het f. f s ter pastures which will supply profits profitable profit profit- profitable t able grazing for at least seven se months of the year nd to grow an nn abundance of high quality qualify legume hn hay for or winter feeding Grass Is the cheapest source source r 1 of nutrients for milk mill production This r t- t In Int h grass ass may be grown nn anywhere L t North Carolina where the dairymen J will use fertile land lund for the purpose It Is Impossible to build a n good pas pasture I ture tore on poor soil soli Just as ns It is Impossible I ble to secure a n profitable corn 1 yield I. I r Ii on poor soil soll i 1 Mr Kimrey sa says s 's this does not mean I F. F to use the time more desirable fields of the I 1 farm as pasture but there are many I n i t. t Im tarns farms with good rolling roiling land which I Ii will wash badly when hen cultivated that i I r i it may be profitably planted to grass I 1 t TI Good creek bottoms could also be I 1 J 0 used I r The dairy cow will pay av a high meThe rek return re re- k turn per acre for good pasture Records Records Rec flee I r kept on un four North Carolina 4 1 herds embracing cows showed a aU w. w return of at 43 43 an acre for tor the grass consumed conti con con- U sailed during n a grazing season of ot six ti i months This was an average a of I I more than 7 an acre for each month In securing these figures the milk wast was t l- l valued at the average n wholesale pricey paid b by milk plants Mr Kimrey says I similar returns can cnn be duplicated on onI I I f any dairy dury farm In North Carolina I He claims also that pastures are es essential I In growing out the young stock I so badly needed I I I I I I I |