FEEDING FOR MORE MILK** 
This 5-point more-milk menu might be of value: 
I lb. of hay to each 100 Ibs. of live weight. 
3 Ibs. of silage to every 100 Ibs. of live weight. 
I Ib. of grain to every 2¥2 to 3 Ibs. of milk produced by 
each Guernsey or Jersey. 
I Ib. of grain to every 3¥2 to 4 Ibs. of milk produced by 
each Holstein, Shorthorn or Ayrshire; or feed 7 Ibs. of 
grain for each pound of butterfat produced. 
WHAT ABOUT “HARD” SEEDS? 
They are LIVE seeds which don’t absorb moisture and 
sprout within official 5 or 6 days’ laboratory test period. 
They are NOT BAD seeds in the sense that they are weak 
or diseased. They seem to be nature’s provision to safe- 
guard the survival of plants, by keeping a reserve of live 
seeds in the soil. After spring sowing, hard seeds might 
follow quick sprouters by 2, 3 or more weeks. This could 
be an advantage where early starting plants were injured 
by drought or other seasonal condition. They could thus 
help to thicken thinned stands. 
LIME—LEGUMES—INOCULATION 
That's a 3-word answer to the always-present problem of 
best maintaining America’s soil fertility. 
“DRY-LAND” SEED 
Some folks once thought that seed, especially Alfalfa, was 
hardier if it was produced on so-called “dry” land, than if 
it came from irrigated land. Trials of U. S. D. A. indicate 
little, if any, difference, results being equal. Pedigree and 
climate are the important factors in producing seed hardiness. 
GRAIN MIXTURES FOR MILK PRODUCTION#* 
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Daily Amounts Grain Mixtures 
Corn High- 
Hay Silage | and Cob Ground | Protein 
(lbs.) | (lbs.) | Meal* | atst | Supple- 
(lbs.) (lbs.) ments 
(lbs.) 
Legume Hay: : 
With Silage...... 10-14 30-35 600 300 100 
Without Silage ..| 16-20 | ..... 600 300 100 
Mixed Hay: 
With Silage...... 10-12 30-35 500 300 200 
Without Silage ..| 14-18 | ..... 500 300 200 
Non-Legume Hayt?t: 
With Silage...... 10-12 30-35 400 250 350 
Without Silage ..| 14-18 Meroees 400 250 350 
Pastures tr eae a tous Slee ae ae 500 450 50 
————— sss? 
*Part of this could be replaced by equal weight of ground corn 
or ground barley. 
t Part of this could be replaced by equal weight of wheat bran. 
ft Non-legume hays are Timothy, Sudan Grass, etc. Corn or 
sorghum fodders and corn stover are of similar feeding value. 
** From ‘“‘Midwest Farm Handbook.’’ Published by Iowa State 
College Press. ; 
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