| Show DAIRYMEN SUGGESTS PRACTICES TO RELIEVE ALFALFA SHORTAGES following the tradition ton of the past several years june has been proclaimed dairy month again in 1943 according to lyman H rich extension dairyman at the utah U in h state ag ric college who re releases lesses a series of suggestions on an feeding to mer marease easse milk production sones since spring months have showed large amounts of winter killing in alfalfa and late may frosts have cut first ficat crop hay yields below nor mal it is a foregone conclusion that feeding ceding practices ties this year must toe be changed to supply nutrients more in the tam form of concentrates and silage and depend less on our basic roughage alfalfa hay states mr rich ich dairymen should plan to have am pie supplies of hay up to at least may I 1 of 1944 advises mr rich in stead of feeding between 20 and 30 pounds of hay per cow this winter most dairymen will feed from 12 to 20 pounds taking more nutrients in the form of silage and gram grain also byproducts by products can be utilized to good advantage in the form of wet pulp from nearby factories or dried pulp and syrup where available at more distant points dairymen in higher valleys such as summit and rich will need to cut natural hay earlier so as to keep up a good protein cents content t and south smith ern counties can utilize large quantities of corn silage explains the extension dalrym dairyman when machinery is a not available for cutting corn caria it was found in the drought of 1934 that trench si a los os provided storage space pace for corn carr if laid in tightly will without unit chopping reports mr rh dairy month brings all these things to mind because became the years product production io depends upon pan what we do and it have done this the spring and summer ji june lathera is the month an for or pas a ture and every advantage should be taken of our grass lands to save hay for the coming winter months green corn may be fed in quantities later in the season to supplement pastures and large quantities of concentrates put in the jam in this fall will help make up hay shortages ag concludes com elude mr M rich |
