Show off VALUE OF GRAIN FEED IS SHOWN figures prove that good rations make best return G W jr of the new york state agricultural college presents records front boiu dairy herd improvement associations which show that ll berstl feeding of grain to good cows gives the dairyman good returns la in summer and fall as well as during the winter tile the figures prove that the average yield of milk for dairy cows in new york fork la Is pounds of milk in one group of cows cowa with less than the average production or only pounds of milk each cow was fed an average 20 worth of grain and 35 worth of hay silage and pasture or 55 in all for feed the average value of the cows milk in this group was or 91 more than all costs of feed in a group of the average production of pounds of milk the value of the milk was the t tal feed cost was 71 made up of 30 for grain and 41 for roughage liage and the net return was 95 I 1 A group which produced produce don on an average pounds of milk and fed 50 00 worth of grain and 44 worth of roughage produced a gross return of 1 13 against a feed cost of 94 04 or a net return of similarly two other groups producing about twice the state average in pounds of milk or pounds and pounds respectively were fed 85 and 99 worth of grain and 42 and 46 worth of roughage with total teed feed costs of and as compared with milk values anti and each and net returns of and in other words air points out the more grain the more milk and the greater the money return from tills this ho he deduces that it pays and pays well to keep efficient cows and to feed them liberally on grain A large allowance of grain I leeps beeps the ithe cows in good condition and makes macs them enter the winter season in good condit condition lim to supply the milk needed to hold the milk market when it will bring its best returns |