MORE GRAIN—MORE MILK 
A study by the U. S. Department of Agricultural 
Economics and Dairy Husbandry on how much 
grain a cow can be fed to increase her milk produc- 
tivity without affecting her health can be summed 
up in this statement. If the price of milk is relatively 
high, and the grain is available at normal prices (or 
grown on your own farm and valued at normal 
prices), then the average cow can be profitably fed 
at 120% of the standard Haecker allowance. While 
the cow cannot be expected to produce 20% more 
milk, she will give enough extra milk to make the 
20% extra grain feeding handsomely profitable. The 
same study also showed that the cow kept up her 
weight on this increased grain ration, and that she 
is sensible in not overeating. Unless you sell your 
milk for processing at less than average market 
prices in this area, it will pay you to check into this 
possibility thoroughly. We suggest that you get com- 
plete information by writing to the Agricultural 
Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State College, for 
the whole story. 

