Show dairymen cautioned on false economy dairymen often make the mistake of cutting down the amount of grain fed to non rion producing cows when the price ol of teed feed rises the rise in the prices of feeds that we have witnessed during the last month should not tempt dairymen to teed feed less grain to cows on pasture and particularly to dry cows says professor E S savage ot of cornell he calls it false economy to thus lower milk production later on and thereby to reduce returns and profits for or the entire entile year feeders Fe edera who appreciate the need ot of getting the largest quantity ot of milk will reed feed more grain in addition to pasture says Pro professor feor savage rather than less and will teed feed green forage silage hay and grain to maintain present milk flows and to put the dry cows in the beet beat shape for fall freshening the teed feed and care given the dairy herd during the late summer has a big influence on their production several beveral months later this la Is especially true of tall fall freshening cows experiments have shown that a cow produces more milk and butter tat II if at calving time she Is not only in a good thrifty condition but also if she carries a fair amount of tat fat during the first months of her milk flow a good dairy cow will change this body tat fat over into milk tat fat thus increasing her yield A ration recommended by professor S savage avage for dairy cows consists of pounds of corn meal or hominy pounds of ground oats or bailey pounds wheat bran and pounds linseed meal |