Show DRY COW FEEDING IS BIG PROBLEM condition of individual animal governs ration rations nations and feeding practices suitable for dry cows depend somewhat on the condition of such cows ut at the close of their lactation periods in the process of selection and breeding a great many cows are so persistent in ih producing large quantities of milk that it Is practically impossible to keep them in good llesh flesh during the entire lactation period this indans that they ore are in poor condition at ane close of the lactation period practical dairymen are agreed that such cows roust must have form six to eight weeks of rest following each lactation if they are to produce large quantities of mill milk year after year tiie the feeding of such cows during the dry period should be such ns as to enable them to regain the losses sustained in the previous lactation and before the onset of the demands of the succeeding lactation the same principle of mann management gement Is recommended for cows not capable of producing as much but in less degree says hoards dairyman no special ration is needed for dry rows COWS As in making rations for cows in milk the roughage to be fed Is the basis on which to compound grain ml mixtures alture ture the condition of the individual cows governs the amount of grain to be fed the needs of dry cows on good pasture are very easily met by a simple mixture composed of pounds ground corn or ground barley or hominy feed pounds ground oats pounds bran and 10 pounds linseed meal or cottonseed meal or a mixed feed containing 36 per cent of digestible protein in winter feeding with salime an and d alfalfa hay the addition of BO pounds of the high protein feed to the mixture given Is satisfactory for silage nud and other legume hay bay add pounds more of one of the high protein feeds silage and mixed ahny should have have the protein content of the grain mixture still further increased by the addition of 75 pounds big hagli protein feed to the amount given ghen tor for silage and legume hay bay the total amount being pounds potin ds |