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after they get full pasture. I am in doubt 

 about there being a profit in feeding ground 

 feed to cows when they are on full pasture. 

 But this is not the vital point here. The main 

 question is the health and usefulness of the 

 cow. My experience has convinced me that 

 there is very little danger at calving time with 

 cows that calve in the fall going dry on pasture 

 and having no grain food after they get full 

 pasturage until they are fresh again. My dairy 

 is very free from troubles at calving tim.e when 

 treated in this way. 



Dr. Pierson on cow-feeding. — In January, 

 1894, 1 had the pleasure of listening to a lecture 

 by Dr. Pierson of the Philadelphia Veterinary 

 College before the short course class at the 

 Pennsylvania State College, in which he told 

 us of the danger of giving too much grain feed 

 to cows when dry. He said it led to trouble at 

 time of parturition. Plenty of grass or other 

 succulent food puts the cow's system in the 

 best possible condition for this period. Do not 

 understand that I do not feed my cows in case 

 of short pasture from drouth or any other 

 cause. Every farmer should plant corn for this 

 purpose if he is in the corn belt If not, he 

 should plant some other crop, as the cow must 

 have all she wants of some proper food. 



A New York experiment. — The New York 

 (Cornell University) Experiment Station has 



