Show STARVING DAIRY COW IN SPRING better way to avoid milk surplus Is suggested cutting down the feed allowance to reduce the output of millon milk in the spring Is not only bad tor for the cows but also bad for the pocketbook figures I 1 pro pre dented by the new jersey college of agriculture Agil culture indicate A better way for avoiding the spring surplus and ma market r glut Is suggested of twelve dairymen men in a middle western cow testing association seven fed less than 30 worth of grain per cow and five fed 61 worth the seven got an average average yearly return of 77 per cow over feed cost the five men who spent twice as much for feed got a return of per cow over bild and above feed cost in other words the liberal feeders collected 98 more income per cow than the stingy feeders it Is well known now that if cows are constantly underfed during their producing period they permanently lose their ability to produce large quantities of milk thus the dairyman dalrym nu who follows this practice as a check on spring production also checks production for the following lactation period the best way to avoid the spring m market arket with its low prices suggests the college of agriculture Is to have the cows cows freshening throughout the year rather than all in the spring A general adoption of this practice among dairymen would go a long way toward solving the spring surplus problem |