Show attic DAI RY A 4 KINDNESS FO FOR R DAIRY COWS IS ESSENTIAL raising dairy heifers heffers from weaning time until wady ready to calve la is generally so easy in fact that CO considered easy they are often dog neglected lecter another reason tor for neglecting the heffers heifers Is due to the fact that they are unproductive dairymen should become more farsighted in raising their young stock for the quality of the future largely on their t ure herd berd depends inherited productive capacity breeding and I 1 it if the heifer Is stunted by poor feeding and neglect she will not become transformed into the kind of animal we want when she calves she will be lacking in appa capacity city and as the tha consumption of roughage is necessary tor for economical milk production it will be found that in the end it does not 1 PRY pay to neglect tile the you ng stock advises prof J P r la Lai Nf laster aster chief of the dairy division of C lemson clemson college south carolina I 1 this brings up the qu question estion of what to feed the heifers heffers to secure best results during the summer r says professor lamaster on g good pasture little littie if any grain Is needed it tile the heifer la Is at least ten months old but when pastures are poor or dried up a little grain Is necessary in winter however to get the most rapid growth it is necessary to supply a considerable proportion of the nutrients in the form of concentrates where even the best roughage Is fed alone the growth will not be as much as where grain Is fed in addition the following are suggestions for rations for heifers heffers in winter in south carolina 1 when silage and legume hay are available feed corn silage alfalfa cowpea or soy bean hay at will for heifers heffers less than ten months old two t wo pounds of grain dally in addition the grain may be equal parts corn and oats for heifers heffers within three months of f calv calving in g in order e r to insure good 0 d fl flesh es h min toon flure igou at t that hat t time f e three r e e to five pounds n d s 0 of f grain s should bould I 1 be fed 2 when corn silage Is available but not legume hay silage at will hay or fodder two or three pounds of concen concentrates concentrate trat es should be fed dally one of which should be of high protein content such as cottonseed meal equal parts of corn oats and bran and ana one third cottonseed meal 3 when legume hay Is on hand but no silage feed all the hay they will clean up and also to pounds of corn or oats 4 when no silage or legume hay la Is available in this case it will pay to pur purchase elase legume hay or if grass hay Is tel fed alone feed all they will clean up A grain ration for mixed hay will have to be somewhat higher in protein such as three pounds of a mixture of two parts of corn and one part of cottonseed meal |