Show ak FE A USING PASTURES TO REDUCE COST da dairy ory cow pays high returns for go good od grass pastures t that hat will provide nt at least seven months oi of good razing and a 11 plentiful supply of legume bay sor for the winter months arit are the two principle items needed decried to reduce the lie cost of producing milk if our dairymen are to compete with those from other sections the cost of producing milk for market must be reduced says A 0 kimrey dairy extension extension specialist at the north carolina state college thebert Th the ebest best way to 6 do this la Is to provide more and better pastures which will supply profitable grazing for at least seven months of the year end and to grow an abundance of high quality legume hay fur for winter feeding grass ap 1 the cheapest chen pest source of nutrients for milk proda tion this grass may be grown anywhere in north carolina where the dairymen will use fertile land for the purpose it is impossible to build a good pasture on poor soil justas just as it Is impossible to secure a profitable corn yield on poor soil mr kinirey says this does docs not mean to use the more desirable fields of the furni farm as aa pasture but there are many farms with good rolling land which will wash badly when uben cultivated that may be profitably planted to grass good creek bottoms could also be used the dairy cow will pay a high return per aero acre for good pasture records kept on four north carolina herds embracing cows showed a return of 43 an acre for the grass consumed during a grazing season of six months this was an average of more than 7 an acre for each month in n securing these figures the milk was valued value at the average wholesale prices paid by milk plants mr kimrey says saya similar returns can be duplicated on tiny any dairy farm in north carolina ile he claims also that pastures are essential in growing out tho the young stock so badly needed |