Show iA lu AVERAGE COW IS STAR BOARDER The average cow of at the In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United States' States testing cow associations associations asso asso- Is a star boarder and not ju Just t a boarder cow according to Dr 0 a W. W Larson chief Ginner of at the bureau of dairy Industry United States Department Department De De- of at Agriculture She returns an Income over the cost o 0 her r feed d dof of approximately twice that returned by the a average cow of ot the country c. c ex explained I plumed Doctor Larson when outlining a 8 program for or Increasing production of milk at nt reduced costs Although the nn annual consumption of ot milk per person grew from 43 gallons gal Ions lons In 1020 to dr 3 gallons In 1026 1510 Americans still are almost 50 GO per cent below the minimum consumption declared de Glared desirable by tho those who know The average n testing cow-testing association animal produces pounds of milk per year as ns against pounds given gl glenby by tine country's average n cow High producing cows COWf are economical economical econom ical In the use of f feed eed A tabulation of more thu thin thao Individual cow records shows that cows producing 1000 pounds of at milk per year did not eat twice as ns much as ns cows that produced produced produced pro pro- pounds They ate approxImately approximately 40 per cent more feed In dollars dollar's dol- dol lars lar's worth of feed per pcr cow to produce pro duce twice as much milk and butterfat butter butter- fat rut Cows In III the pound production production tion lion class ate only about 40 per cent more digestible nutrients than than than- cows that produced Miff half as ns much Successful dalr dairymen c everywhere resort resort re re- re- re sort ort to correctly compounded feeding mixtures to obtain the high milk yields Doctor Larson described For cows on pasture a much used much used ration is 19 ground oats oatt and barley or hominy OO pounds each and wheat bran and linseed meal pounds each 1 pound fed for each 4 or 5 pounds of milk Another popular ration Is ground oats pounds barley or hominy pounds and wheat bran and linseed meal pounds each fed In the same way |