River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-04-21
STARTLING STATEMENTS
OF INTEREST
TO EVERY FARMER
A. C. Palmer, one of the leading dairy
men of Indiana, in an article in recent
issue of HoardS Dairyman said:

issue of Hoard's Dairyman SAID:
believe the fault e Pa an s al lie aeae wins sins
responsible for decreased milk and butterfat produc
ton. ! speak from an experience OF my own.
''Nine-tenths Of the darymen at fault in that
their cows are underfed. and no small percentage
have their farms that are actually starving
food properties and values as. for instance feeling
that corn fodder, or corn silage even, and bran
make balanced ration.
food it that it should be considered perfect feed
for dairy cows? The answer is that grass is prac.
tically hay with water in 1t, and what farmer that
even pretends to keep cows would think Of feeding
his stock on moist hay all winter Yet That IS an
the feed the poor COW usually gets throughout the
summer.
IT have heard the argument raised that since grass
Is the n ~ iba sod Is Gf s sSs need s The IS
that since the production of milk In larger quantity
n n rs Of the cow W. unnatural methods must be
adopted to produce it. Green grass Will furnish the
petizns and stimulating qualities win encourage
milk production. But all too often the stimulating
ducticn when she does not receive greater supply
OF food, her body makes up the ol1erence. SO mat
by the end OF season her body Is weaker tnan
in the spring Then the dairyman must build her
up during the winter months and receive greatly
reduced milk flow while doing 1t.
TN 1917 / fed my cows until June 10. and. like
my neishbors. gave them pasture alone until Sep
TENDER Is. when their steadily decreasing mix h1w
made me hurry feed shipments. But even then the
damage done, and the decrease continued until
time to dry them. This year continued the grain
feed throughout the summer, and the same cows
having calved at nearly the time last year. are
giving now 40 per cent more milk than the sea-
son before Some credit must be given TO the i'm
proved pasturage conditions this year, but TO my
mind the biggest reason is the feed they got the past
summer is now giving results And this extra 40 per
cent is more than making good the feed the COWS ate
feed short in quantity is no worse than feed
short in quality. The man who thinks he can winter
herd of dairy COWS on ration Of corn fodder or
hay and BRAN is lacking in the knowledge necessary
for his success This is business that calls for
brains and study much as any business man
NAV enter. The problem Of percentage OF protein.
carbohydrates and fat needed to produce certain
quantity Of milk in COW of a determined weight
must be solved If the dairyman Is to produce milk
| at a profit.
zone can't start today with even perfect ration
and expect big increase next week. next month.
| Many cows are rundown; they have been underfed
and their systems deranged 1t takes time to get
them Strengthened out and nature working right It
takes from six months to year to notice the real
results that will come from proper feeding of COW
| that has been under nourished for years. These
/ things can't be done in days.
And again pointing to the one great mistake made
by dairymen. Mr.. Palmer saws; And. strange
though it sounds it is fact that the greater part
of the under-feeding the part Of the farmer with
pasture comes during the summer MONTHS