Rich County Reaper | 1930-06-20 | Page 2 | Cows on Short Pastures Need some Grain Feeds

cows on Short Pastures 1 ill need some grain feeds much has been sald and written about supplementary feeding of dairy cows when pasture are short further evidence evIden cp of the necessity of such feeding has recently been obtained by the th bureau of dalry dairy industry of tha united states department of agriculture at experiment farni farm at beltsville imf iff A halfacre half acre plot of pasture grass gr ass was mowed ed tit at 10 day in I tervola tervala and the grass weighed alvor in 11 siny blay when condition were most favorable f for ar the growl I 1 the grass all pounds ivere ere abt bla atin p tain one 10 day period in augus a dry spell the yield for a period was only 13 11 pounds 1 Is evident therefore I 1 that under such short pasture conditions cows should be fed ns as heavily as during the ft winter inter