Cut Dairy Feed Costs With Better Roughage and Rotations
Michigan dairy producers show wide cost gaps in producing 100 pounds of milk. Top dairymen use minimal grain, 1 ton to reach 10,000–12,000 pounds, aided by high quality roughage. John Davis of Eaton County adopts a ecorn-corn- summer fallow rotation on 130 acres, early silage second-year corn, and rye cover, with meadows left then reseeded. August seedings yield better stands and weed control than spring. Davis notes quack grass issues, but his method outperforms spring nurse-crop practice. One quart of milk provides substantial daily protein and minerals.
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John Davis
Eaton County
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Florida Has More Dairying
Florida is a major dairy region with 197,000 cows producing 964 million pounds of milk in 1953 for 2.77 million residents. Dairies are large scale, milking barns common, grain feeding intensive, and pasture rotation boosts milk nutrients per acre. Florida dairying expanded 10 percent in dairymen, 23 percent in cows, and 39 percent in production from 1950 to 1953.
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Indiana Farmers Guide
Pasture A Vacation Boosts Midsummer Forage
CHICAGO Special reports a Midwest Soil Improvement Committee view on supple mental midsummer pasture. Sudan grass ranks highly for drought resistance and lush grazing, with Dwarf Essex rape or lespedeza small grain mixes. Optimum fertilization 300 to 500 lb per acre raises cattle carrying capacity and lowers feed costs. Grazing should wait until pasture exceeds 18 inches in height to avoid prussic acid risk.
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Midde West Soil Improvement Committee
J. M. Scholl
Iowa State College Agronomist
Sudan
Scholl
Middle West
Fall Freshening Ups Milk Supply
Milk output during the low season remains strong due to fall freshening boosting winter production. Data show shifts in cow freshening timing and pricing plans in fluid markets contributing to heavier winter output. Protective measures include rubber gloves when handling sick animals and pasteurizing milk, with other public safety tips noted.
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Hoard
Use Care In Buying Cows
Buying a cow requires scrutiny of the seller, health and production records, and disease status. Check feet udders and reproductive lines, require blood tests for Bangs disease, verify the herd is free of Bangs and tuberculosis, and ensure the seller offers refunds if the cow fails expectations.
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Bang
Cow Converts Feed Into Food From Holstein Dairy Life
A case history from Utah State Agricultural College describes a Holstein cow that converted feed into human food across 10 lactations. It produced 134,734 pounds of milk with 5,189 pounds of butterfat, 10 calves, and consumed 38 tons of alfalfa, 41 tons of corn silage, 18 tons of grain, plus bone meal.
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Utah State Agricultural College
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