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labor available can be kept profitably employed through- 

 out the year. 



It is indeed fortunate that over a vast majority of 

 the dairy districts of the United States, the demand of the 

 dairy cow for high protein hay, the necessity for the use of 

 the most profitable crops on the land, and the need of the 

 soil for nitrogen and humus all dovetail together so well 

 where an alfalfa hay — sweet clover pasture — corn silage 

 program, as will be discussed later, is followed. 



Must See it Through 



A man should not enter into a rotation system lightly, 

 but with the determination to see it through, for a rotation 

 is a long time proposition, and a man must have the fore- 

 sight to see its advantages and then work out the practical 

 difficulties which arise. No man can foresee the future, but 

 if his business is founded on correct principles, he need not 

 fear it. 



What a Good Rotation Will Do for the Cows 



The rotation meets the requirements of the cows in 

 the winter by providing the proper amounts of good rough- 

 age and grain year after year. Good alfalfa hay and corn 

 silage form the basis for a most, or perhaps I should say, the 

 most economical ration. In fact, with the larger breeds 

 giving up to 20 pounds of 3.5% milk a day, and with the 

 smaller breeds giving up to 12 pounds of 5% milk a day, 

 these two feeds are all that are necessary if fed to the cows* 

 capacity. Beyond these rates of production, home-grown 

 grains can be added according to the cows' production, be- 

 cause alfalfa provides such a large amount of high class 

 protein. 



All this means that instead of paying out large amounts 

 of money for feed every year, the dairyman will be supply- 

 ing all his own feed and will no longer be carrying the 

 burden of cash outlay for feed every year. Every dairy- 

 man can figure for himself what a saving this can mean to 

 him. 



