Show DAIRY COWS NEED SUCCULENT FEED silo Is best supplement for f or dried up pastures prepared by tho the united states department of agriculture culture during the late summer pastures in most sections aro are short because of dry weather and because they are grazed too closely if there Is tiny any grass it Is not succulent and is unpalatable consequently cows will not con consume aume enough for high milk production experienced dairymen know that if the production of their cows has decreased during the hot dry weather because of insufficient feed it is difficult and practically impossible to bring the production bad back to normal during that milking period the summer silo according to the united stites states department of agriculture is probably the best means of supplementing short dried up pastures for a herd of 12 to 20 cows a silo from 10 to 12 feet in diameter Is best suited for tills this purpose because the silage can then be fed out fast enough to prevent spoiling if however all the silage Is not fed during the summer it can be fed the following winter or the next summer will keep tor for several years dairymen frequently fill two silos one for winter feeding and one for summer use where it is not feasible to erect a silo for summer feed fee the short pasture may be supplemented by certain pasture crops instead of summer silage in many sections sweet clover has proved very satisfactory for this purpose it does well at this season and has the advantage of being a legume and consequently contains a lar large ge amount of protein alfalfa can also be pastured at this time and will assist materially in preventing the midsummer drop in milk flow many combinations of legumes such as peas vetches detches vet ches and soy be benns ins with grains such as corn wheat oats barley and rye can be grown and fed green successive planting of these crops will often provide succulent alent feeds over an extended period sudan grass is also well suited for grazing grazin g purposes throughout the central west in addition to good pasture high producing cows need to be fed grain to supply the required nutrients cows producing more than 20 pounds of milk dally daily should be given one pound of grain to each four to six pounds of milk produced the grain feed may be a mixture of corn oats wheat bran or barley and should always b he e ground for cows producing more than 35 pounds of milk dally daily the grain ml mixture sture should contain one high big h pro tein concentrate such as the oil meals |