Show MILK production CAN 1 BE INCREASED BY PROPER FEEDING 5 production records of cows in U tall tah dairy herd improvement As prove that milk prodoc fei tion lion be can sufficiently increased by proper feeding and better care y u to almost satisfy the demands of the food for defense j program an fn lyman H rich extension dairy man at th cUtah state agricultural 13 college states stales y to obtain greater production hay ip silage and grain should be fed in j 11 liberal beral quantities A herd of eight ip cows that did not receive adequate y rf amounts of grain and lacked i chent roughage produced lbs iba of milk while y i another herd of eight cows that were led fed grain and rough S age liberally produced lbs ibs of milk D H 1 I records record show y As prices of dairy products havet advanced proportionately more than to a feed prices additional feeding will tj result in more profit for the dairya dairy f farmer mr rich reasons 0 g more than 65 profit per cow was a received by cooperators in the dairy herd improvement plan duri jiff ing the past year each cow in aar tur medium sized herd produced more than pounds of butterfat and tj 11 brought her owner an average of 1 i profit 55 other methods of meeting the re 3 quiren 13 per cent increase in milk 3 production in utah according to mr il rich are add good cows to the herd ai whenever possible adopt better s breeding and housing methods if raise dairy calves on grain grai n st si atutes instead of milk improve pasit t tures and increase forage crops on an si farms to insure ample and butr 1 2 bious feed for dairy herds |