Show COW CANNOT EAT ENOUGH PASTURE 1 home grown feeds willi will fill out grain ration by J 3 C NISBET extension dairyman kandab state college knowing tho needs of dairy cow and they eat alien when joa on pasture pastura will add to the dollars from theiu Uh lk bucket buckel green sue succulent C ulena Is naturally high in protein but Is low in total digestible nu nutrients A cow milking over 20 pounds of milk a day cannot eat enough pasture refo to provide the necessary es s ary carbohydrates to maintain that production grain feeding of this cow co w on pasture Is absolutely necessary her grain ration need not be high in protein home grown feeds will balance the pastured pasture A mixture ra of pounds of corn end pounds of oats oat should be fed at t tho the rate of ona pound of grain to every four our and one half pounds of milk from the Ayr shiret jersey and guernsey and one pound of grald grain to flak five pounds of nilla from the holstein Holst eln dry pasture contains about oue oae third as much protein us the green green succulent grass an understanding of this fact muke makes s the success successful fu I 1 dairyman begin to add a high protein feed to his grain ration as soon as pasture starts to dry the grain mix then Is composed of pounds ot corn pounds pound of oats and pounds of cot meat meal the rate of feeding tt changed lo 10 to one pound of grain dally daily to every pound of I 1 fat produced a week abundance of pasture Is deiy very lm iia por portana tant to the dairy bov cow being the hardest wo worked aked a animal on them the farm she does not need a baie gymnasium for exercise every time she produces five gallons of milk she tins used up more energy ova a team of 1500 pound horses plowing through an eight hour day cooling milk supply 1 Is not difficult problem the summer spells are accompanied by the usual loss to milk and cream shippers much milk has been returned its as unfit for use due to souring and the aggregate loss in an only a few days would ru run into thousands of dollars in a single county and I 1 in every such ifft spell there are many man y canners who never lose a can of milk and many othere who always do why the difference it la Is all summed up in two things cleanliness and cold the first Is 13 most important where all dairy utensils are concerned improper washing and scalding will do domitr far more to spoil milk than dirty cows or dirty stables on any farm A cooling ta tank atthe at the well through which the tha water intended for the stock flows Is effective and in common use dm ice ls Is desirable but many farmers who never have llad had a can of milk returned are also without ice fee A survey of their methods would show real cledo cleanliness linesa in handling the milk and cooling as I 1 willa well as well water will allow controlling abortion Is not difficult task contagious abortion Is not diffin difficult U lt to control dr robert graham burdue i racen recently aly dt at the meeting odthe of the andl indiana a na Dairy Dalry mens melis association at purdue before beford at ah 1 empting to carry out eradication plans the dairymen should learn how bow the disease Is spread correct understanding of the nature odthe of the disease the Importance ot of the abo abortion rilon test of the anft infected acted animals and clean stables and clean yards are necessary necess arv la in control ot of the disease it if the manager or owner of the herd Is not aware of the value of these sanitary pie nica agures sarea it 1 Is next ext t to 0 lip impossible possIble for him to carry out a good program the local veterinarian assisted by the laboratory Is able to give the dairymen assis assistance tunce that will get results veterinarians know that some cows that calve normally may be spreaders of the disease sunflower feed cows keep up their milk nit A ili flow easier when fed early curly cut sunflowers sun flowers la in the silo f find and they lose less in weight when fed ed silage from the early cui cutting than when eating from the later harvests the freshly eat cut early P plants ant s will III lie be very watery and sap w will run out of the silo unless tho plants are allowed to wilt for a short the field they may civay be cut cui with a corn binder bin derbut but hand cutting Is probably better treating for bloat Form alln IS ie recognized as aa the best treatment for bloat this mity may be ba secured from any drug store and should be the 40 per cent solution jutton so one tablespoonful should lie he mixed with one quart of water and riven given to the animal bilitch will give quick relief in addition to the use or form alln the old time precautions should be observed to prevent bloat from occurring give the cattle ii n good fill of dry feed before turning on om tak t grefe alfalfa |