Show k T TAE L POOR FEED PLANS CUT HERD PROFIT milk yield decreases if cows dont get right ration indifferent feeding methods for the tha dairy herd are sometimes largely responsible tor for a drop in milk production during the summer and an uneven production which has a bad effect upon the profits of the dairyman it Is 13 pointed out by C L blackman of the animal husbandry department of the ohio state university the time to plan the summer management program la Is while the cattle are enjoying good pasture says blackman the big flow of milk usually comes in may and june while cattle are enjoying nearly ideal feeding conditions later when flies hot weather and dried up pastures come along there comes a big slump in milk production and the spring freshening cows never come back to the high level of production blackman asserts that when the undesirable pasture conditions come on it may be profitable to keep the eattle eattie up during the day and to teed feed some extra eitra roughage such as silage sometimes ome times more grain nay may also be added profitably in addition to the careful manag management ge during the summer a good breeding system which will bring the cows into milk at the times when the supply of milk Is generally low and prices good will help the dairyman solve the problem of uneven production and consequent loss |