Show KEEP YOUNG HEIFER GROWING winter rations ration for animal important if profitable milk producer Is expected the dairy heifer belfer since she Is for or the present unproductive Is likely to j be neglected utter after the past pasture tire season sea ion Is IB ended to keep the young youn stock growing normally during the winter months the department of 0 dairy husbandry of the missouri college of agriculture ri suggests gug gesta the following rations it if aldage anil and clover or alfalfa hay bay are nal available lable teed feed from two to five pounds of corn or other farm grown grains available depending upon the age of the animals Il elfers close to calving time can profitably be fed somewhat larger quila of grain if silage Is g avalli olo but no clover or alfalfa hay bay a good ration bouto would consist of silage and fodder or mixed hay with a grain mixture consisting of equal parts of corn and linseed meal cottonseed meal or gluten teed feed may m ay be fed in place of linseed meal where clover or alfalfa hay bay Is fed alone dairy heffers heifers will do fairly well 46 heifers heffers are often neglected when cold weather sets in but will arill not make normal growth about two pounds ut of corn dally will lm improte proe the ration at small cost when only corn fodder or timothy hay Is on hand it Is generally best to purchase clover or alfalfa hay bay and feed equal parts of the two froug hages A good grain mixture for this roughage consists of two parts ot of corn to one of linseed meal |