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Show DAIRY FEEDING SUGGESTIONS Points one and three of the eight-point national milk production produc-tion program are most important to dairy farmers at this season of the year, Lyman H. Rich, Utah ( Extension Service dairymen pointed point-ed out .today. Number one of the points is "grow more legume hay, pasturage, pastur-age, and grain," Mr. Rich said, who reported that farmers through out the state are doing admirable work on this point. Hay produc-. produc-. tion is the best in several years ' and production all through the : state, even , in the Beaver area ; where hay is usually short, is at a ' high peak. v He said that more new pastures ' have been planted and where irj-i-' ' gation water is available farmers are practicing good pasture man-- man-- egement in rotating fields, clipping clip-ping weeds, and adding fertilizers. The barley crops looks especially good, he added, and every farmer should try to plan his winter rkoHiner nroeTam. "Plan the number of cows and dry stock to be carried through the winter and, where possible, provide sufficient silage along with hay and grain," he declared. He also listed the amount of feed for six different plans of feeding for the winter months on a "per-cow" "per-cow" basis, as follows: l ' (First, three and one-half to four tons good quality hay; second, sec-ond, three tons hay, one-half ton gran; third, two and one-half ton? hay, three and four-tenths corn silage, one-half ton grain; fourth, , two and one-tenth tons hay, seven tons wet, beet pulp, one-half tons grain ;fifth, three tons alfalfa hay, 700 pounds beet molasses, 400 pounds grain; and sixth two and one-half tons hay, seven tons beet tons, one-half ton grain. Point number three which was also emphasized by Professor Rich is, "feed to avoid the summer milk slump." The dairyman said that as pastures become short they should be supplemented with such feeds as alfalfa hay, green corn, or heavier grain feeding. The present milk prices fully justify this added feeding at the present time, he said. Farmers should take advantage of cheap feeds in the pastures, but get higher production from these supplemented sup-plemented feeds. Before fall sets in all culls should be removed, including in-cluding shy breeders, low producers produc-ers and diseased animals. "Milk production is low in late summer in most dairy plants, and efficient feeding will help prevent an unnecessary low point in production pro-duction during the remainder of August and September," he concluded. |