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Extend the supply of inferior forage by chopping it and adding molasses to the forage when fed. Feed all roughage in the barn. Rack feeding is wasteful.
Estimate your feed needs closely. Try . to include at least a small amount of good quality hay in each cow's daily ration. Feed at least li pounds of hay equivalent forage per 100 pounds of cow daily. Three pounds of silage or 3/4 pound of concentrates is equivalent to 1 pound of hay on the basis of U.S. grades. Molasses is a good condiment, Six' and otie-half gallons of molasses is equivalent to one bushel of corn ’n feeding value.
Keep mineral supplement an4 salt before the cattle at all times.
Sell any surplus'breeding stock to save feed and to furnish capital for carrying the remainder of the herd ‘through the drought period.
Farmers desiring some of the,, ^suggestions in detail my get a copy of tl\e following mimeographed material from the county agent’s office: “Suggestions to Dairymen for Meeting Local Feed Shortages,” “Drought Emergency Feeding and Management of Beef, Cattle and Sheep,” “Dairy Cattle Feeding Recommendation,” “Emergency Feeding Suggestions,” “Stretch Your Winter Feed Supplies.”
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