Show cows will produce more if fed much roughage better feeding for dairy cows Is the title of a new nev bulletin by purdue university the bulletin says in part dairy cows cowa will be better fed and will produce much more profitably if L they are fed all the roughage they will eat 2 most of their dry roughage to la made up of such legumes as alfalfa clover soy bean or co cowpea viea hay bay 3 they are fed silage during the winter 4 their grain ration contains enough protein supplement i to give it balance 6 5 cows are not expected to obtain too much of their teed feed from pasture but are fed when pastures become poor in the summer and are taken off of pasture when it becomes poor in the tha fall |