Show PROTEINS NEEDED FOR DAIRY COWS many dairymen overlook the fact th that at summer pastures supply an insufficient amount of proteins to enable a dairy cow to give lier her best production according to the national dairy council in advocating that sortie some grain rations be used at all times 0 to o supplement grasses even it if alfalfa clover soy coy deans beans or other legume crops are abeln being pastured pro f W V J fraser a of f the univ university belity of illinois s has haa made an interesting statement to emphasize this fact to dairymen lie ile referred to a pasture experiment made during twelve weeks of mid summer bummer by the illinois experiment station and summarizes the results thus it would have required SO 30 acres of pasture to support an ordinary cow it if the cow Is to graze over this area every week site she would have to travel 80 miles a day and have a muzzle two feet wide prof J J hooper of the kentucky experiment station made a similar ob hervat lon to determine how much grass a dairy cow required lie ile clipped some borne grass crass with a pair ol at shears find and was surprised at the tha area required to yield pounds pound the amount needed by a 1000 pound cow covy giving 25 pounds of ejk a day 1 I had to clip square feet ol 01 blue grass states professor hooper the heads of which stood 15 inches high all the blades were not this athla high bleh but the seed heads beads were I 1 clipped as close as a cow would graze and tile grass was good and thick illicit by grass into gunny cunn sacks racks professor hooper used three sacks showing how much grass a cov must cat each day to produce even a minimum amount of milk dairymen should not overlook the value of feeding their cheaper grolni grain for increased effi efficiency dency according to the national Nal lonal dairy council A surplus of corn during the winter has made this a desirable feed for dairy cows it if supplemented by protein feeds while the prices paid for dairy products nets have been maintained by an increasing demand for milk butter lee ice cream and cheese not only does the tha dalry dairy farmer make a profit by thus marketing corn products but he Is paid regularly throughout the year and in addition still has valuable fertilizer with which to maintain the fertility of his land |