Show most important to feed milk producing rations the fallacy of keeping feed fe ed costs down with no regard for the amount of milk the cows produce Is well shown by the records of an illinois dairy improvement association the lowest producing herd in this association had an average yearly feed cost of ja V a cow corthe the highest lierd herd 70 a cow the latter herd produced pounds of buiter butterfat fat and madean made n income over the cost of feed of per cow the herd with the low feed cost of 29 a head produced only pounds of butterfat hutter fat for the year at a profit over i feed cost of 50 per cow the feed bill of the higher producing hero herd was more than ando double uhle the feed cost for the lower producers yet the profit over feed cost for these higher producers was likewise more than double that of the cows of lower production for greatest profit from any dairy herd be it only two cows or twenty cows the important thing Is to feed good milk making rations and to feed each cobas cow as much of tills this ration as she will eat for grei greatest test return to learn how much feed it a cow needs for most profitable milk production a dally daily record Is needed of the amounts of milk produced and feed consumed by each cow |