Show erne ah e IT PAYS TO FEED COWS IN SUMMER big mistake to overlook grain in dairy ration new york dalry dairymen men who do not feed grain to their milk cows in summer while they are on pasture tire over booking 11 sure suie method of increasing their net income says F V li Morr Af orrison lson head eald of the animal husbandry department tit nt cornell cornedi university it assur la surprising he says that many men who take much trouble in providing their cows with excellent rations during the barn feeding period of tile the year depend blind findly lylon on dame nature in summer pasture Ia sture alone was satisfactory for cows cowa tit in early days when even the best of them yielded an amount ot of milk we would now ent consider isider too low tor for profit lly by skillful selection and breeding tit th modern high yielding dalry dairy cow lias has been developed with a ca pacify capacity for producing milk r so 0 great that tant any ordinary pasture sture will not fur ral alsa her enough feed both for milk production and for body maintenance the proper feeding of milk cows on pasture Is much simpler than during the winter and says professor alord morrl son doubtless this Is the r reason eason W why by so BO many farmers busy with their crops fall to give their herd the necessary attention in summer often the cows are merely turned to pasture after milking at night and morning with no further thought as to the supply of feed actually available tor for them it Is no do wonder that when pasturage becomes scanty in midsummer the cows run down in flesh ran and fall off decidedly in n milk yield ever even if fed liberally when barn feeding starts in the fall quite commonly they cannot then be brought back to normal and usual production it Is especially important to teed feed grain liberally when pastures pasi ures become short abort and parched this Is important any year and of particular importance tills this summer when every farsighted dairyman desires to do his share in providing sufficient milk in the new york fork milk shed during the shortage period next november under typical pasture conditions in the state lie says experience shows that it ts Is best to feed a grain mixture containing about IS 18 per der cent protein nt at the rate of one pound of grain to three pounds ot of jersey and guernsey milk andl and one pound of grain to four pounds of holstein Holst eln ayrshire or shorthorn milk |