Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-28
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 Hoard's Dairyman said:

II believe the fault Of pasturing all summer with
oW %sI.ehentlng feeds l. enc of the greatest sins
responsible for decreased milk and butterfat produce
ton. l speak from an experience Of my own.
'Nine-tenths Of the darymen are at fault in that
have cows their farms that actually starving
10 large extent this is due to an ignorance OF
food properties and values as, for instance feenn
Tat corn todcer, or corn silage even. and bran
hisAe a balanced rattan.
what is grass anyway What sort Of magic
frd 81 il that il should be considered perfect feed
f0r Gsiry cowsf The answer IS that grass is prac-
even rrccnds 10 keep cows would think of feeding
bis stock on moist hay all winter. Yet that is all
e f'td the poor COW usually gets throughout the
SKINNER.
Il have heard the argument raised that since
is lie natra food for cows, then. when there Is
that since the production Of milk in larger quantity
than is necessary for her Young is an unnatural
adopted TO produce It, Green grass will furnish the
nutrition for cows body maintenance and its ap-
milk production But oil too often the stimulating
quality reacts and by ENCOURAGING greater milk pro-
duc.ion when she does not receive greater supply
Of food her body makes up the difference. so that
y ne era o. gross season a., hsr body Is weaker than
IN daring The winter months and receive greatly
reduced milk flow while doing it.
In 1917 fed my until June TO- and like
my nelghbors; save them pa 3tuTe alone until sep
tember 10, when their steadily DECREASING milk flow
made me hurry feed shipments. But even then the
damage was done and the decrease continued until
time 70 dry them. This year continued the grain
having caved at nearly the same time last year, are
giving now oyr 40 cent more milk than the sea-
son before Some credit must be given 10 the inn
proved pasturage conditions this year. but TO my
mind the beges reason e the feed they got the past
SKINNER Is now giving results And this extra 40 per
cet Is more than making good the feed the cows ato
feed short in quantity Is no worse than feed
short IN quality. The man who thinks he can winter
herd OF dairy cows on a ration, of corn fodder
nay and bran. Is lacking In the knowledge necessary
for his success. This Is a business that calls for
brains and study much any business a man
may enter. The problem Of percentage Of protein.
carbohydrates, and fat needed 10 produce a certain
quantity Of milk in n cow Of determined weight
must be solved IL the dalryman Is 10 produce milk
at profit
zone can't start today with even perfect ration
and expect big increase next week. or month.
Many Midtown they have been underfed
and their systems deranged IL takes time get
them Strengthened out and nature working right IL
takes from six months 10 year to notise the real
results that viii come from proper feeding Of
that has been under nou-shed for years These
things can't be done In days"
And again pointing 70 the great mistake made
by dairymcn, Mr. Palmer eays and, strange
though ~ sounds, II Is fact that the greater part
Of the undertaking the part of the farmer with
pasture comes during the summer months