La Junta tribune., 1916-09-02
Arkansas Valley Farmer
JOSEPH H. SHANK, Editor
Nn1ER

ercOme.
A great many other kinds Of pas
others. Even with the very best OF
pasture, however. COW cannot be
forced TO maximum capacity on it
alone. because to obtain the great
| est production. she must be forced
to take a large amount Of nutrients.
The bulky nature OF pasture grass
places positive limit on the capaci-
~ of the COW to take feed. She can
not take enough nutrition for maxi
mum production. Therefore a
part OF the feed should be OF more
concentrated nature. The advisable
ity of using a great deal OF pasture
depends great deal upon how the
| dairyman is situated, the price OF
land, the cost Of labor, the distance
to pasture, or the kind OF pasture
| available. and number OF other
factors.
Grain-As we have already stat
ed. the experimenting of pasture
with grain is usually advisable for
beavy milk producers even when the
pasture is of the best. In many
cases, however. pastures are never
of the best, and in no case will they
| always be found in the best condi-
tion. 1t is evident therefore that
the iudicious feeder will seldom de-
pend on pasture alone. Grain
should be fed to heavy producing
cows under all pasture conditions
Prof. c. II. Eckles. OF the Univer-
sity of Missouri, suggests the follow
ing named quantities OF grain with
abundant pasture for varying pro
duction:
Jersey COW producing twenty
pounds OF milk daily, three pounds
OF grain
Jersey COW producing twenty-five
pounds of milk daily. four pounds OF
grain.
Jersey COW producing thirty
pounds OF milk daily, six pounds Of
grain.
Jersey COW producing thirty-fve
pounds of milk daily. eight pounds
OF grain.
Jersey COW producing forty
pounds OF milk daily. ten pounds OF
grain.
Holstein-Friesian or Ayrshire COW
producing twenty-five pounds OF
milk daily, three pounds OF grain.
Holstein-Friesian or Ayrshire COW
producing thirty pounds of milk
daily. five pounds OF grain.
Holstein-Friesian or Ayrshire COW
producing thirty-hye pounds of
milk daily. seven pounds OF grain.
Holstein- -Friesisn or Ayrshire COW
producing forty pounds OF milk daily.
nine pounds OF grain.
Holstein-Friesian or Ayrshire COW
producing fifty pounds OF milk daily.
ten pounds OF grain
While this is OF course an arbl-
trary rule and variations should b..
made to suit different conditions and
individual cows. II Is IN accord with
good feeding practice and is. prob
ably as good a rule OF its kind As
has been formulated
For cows OF medium production 1t |
Is usually more economical to feed
silage or some green crop rather
than grain for supplementing short
pastureage. In supplementing pas
ture with grain II should be remem-
bered that the percentage OF protein
IN the grain ration need not be the
same AS for winter feeding Good
pasture II an approximately baianr-
ed ration. consequently the grain
ration to be fed with pasture grass
should have approximately the same
proportion OF protein to other nutri-
ents. In the case OF extra heavy
producers the percentage OF protein
supplied by the grain mixture should
be somewhat greater.
Siiase-Silage has found vide
use among dairymen as "A palatablo,
sueculent and economical roughage
for use during the winter. Many Of
Its advantages ss u winter feed apply
equally well to It's use Ia the sum
mer. In fact. II is probably OF great
er value In the summer than IA the
winter. The silo Is especially valu-
able TO the man who has high pric-
ed land. II the land Is pastured II
VIII reauir. from one acre on up.
for each COW one season. while an
acre OF corn put In the siio viii sup
ply succui.nce for several cows dur
ing ah entir. season. II the silage II
s...s a