| Show USING PASTURES TO REDUCE COST dairy cow pays high returns for good grass pastures that will provide at least seven months of good grazing and a plentiful supply of legume hay bay for the winter months are the two principle items needed to reduce the cost of producing milk if our dairymen are to compete with those from other sections the cost of producing milk for market must lie be reduced says A CL kimrey dairy extension specialist at the north carolina state college the best way to do this Is to provide more and better pastures which will supply 1100 profitable grazing for at least seven months of the year end and to grow an abundance of high quality legume hay bay for winter feeding grass Is the cheapest source of nutrients tor for milk production this grass may be grown anywhere la in north carolina where the dairymen I 1 will use fertile land for the purpose i it Is impossible to build a good pas j ture on poor soil just as it Is me his to secure a profitable cor corn n yield on poor so soil 11 01 mr kimrey says this does not mean to use tile the more desirable fields of the farm as pasture but there are many farms with good rolling land which will wash badly when ben cultivated that may be profitably planted to grass good creek bottoms could also be used the dairy cow will pay a high return per acre for good pasture records kept on four north carolina herds embracing cows showed a return of 43 an acre for the grass consumed during a razing grazing g season of six months this was ao an average of more than 7 an acre for each month in ID securing these figures the milk was valued at the average wholesale prices paid by milk plants mr kimrey says saya similar returns can be duplicated on any dairy tana farm in north carolina lie he claims also that pastures are essential to in growing out the young stock so badly needed |
