FEEDING HAY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 224, 20 April 1933, Page 2

FEEDING HAY

Should Be Done After Milking

Unlike the horse, with its small stomach, the dairy cow can consume large quantities of feed at one time, and the practice of feeding cf.vs only twice a day, morning and evening, is quite a satisfactory one. More, particularly is this so when they are on pasiare. When grain is being given, it is not desirable to give it alone; it should be mixed with chatf. or with some chaff-roughage, such as green corn, green sorghum, lucerne bar, or chopped pumpkin. If lucerne hay is available, and it is intended to give hay in conjunction with the ration, a good plan is to mix the concentrates with the chaffed greenstuff's, feed with that first, and with lucerne hay afterwards. One reason why it is desirable to feed the hay afterwards is that hay is dusty, and when given during or before milking, it is apt to fill the air with dust.