Show CORRECT FEEDING NOW PAYS DOUBLE start now to prepare for next winters milk checks A J cramer crainer dairy husbandman at the university of wisconsin Is reminding tile the members of the states cow testing associations that the feed and care given the dairy herd during tile late summer when pastures are short will wil have a big influence on the production of the covis cos several months later tills lie ile feels Is es rilly true of the fall freshening cows tle tie dry weather during middle summer has resulted in pastures As a result ninny dairy cows ore are needing additional feed in order to keep up their milk flow and body weight I 1 A drop in milk how flow often reduces the income from the herd to such sac an extent that there Is no profit left tor for the dairyman the specialist adlees feeding a grain mixture to ill all high producing covis COHS even on the best of pasture aud and adds that after pasture gets short all cows cois should recene grain or silage in addition to till the pasture if profitable returns are to be expected lie ile calls attention to the experience of many of the farmers who are keeping close watch of their feeding and profits through cow testing association work the cow that Is dry and will freshen in tile fall Is 19 in position to receive the worst setback set back from dry pastures cramer believes it Is common knowledge to dairymen that it if a cow Is thin when she freshens her production will suffer buffer during the entire lactation period following it la Is just as true but not as generally known that the thin cow will have a lower test than it if she were in good hesli flesh while milking tile the reduced yield and lower test resulting from a thin condition make it doubly important to keep her in good flush flesh while di dill A grain mixture recommended tor for the milking herd consists of pounds ground barley corn or hom hoin pounds wheat bran and pounds of linseed meal cottonseed meal or gluten feed one pound of this should be fed for each tour four or five pounds of milk produced for the dry cow the testing official advises equal parts by weight of ground oats ground barley or corn wheat bran braa and a high protein feed from three to eight pounds dally daily should ie be fed depending on condition of the cow |