FARM NOTES
GOOD LEAFY PASTURE CHEAPEST FOOD FOR COWS Sixty guineas spent on a well-bred bull can be a poor investment if the standard of nutrition on the farm is not in keeping with the price paid for the herd sire. It would be profitable on many farms to spend half that money on the bull and put the balance into topdressing, pasture improvement, or the provision of supplementary feed.
Successful dairy farmers, by observing the reaction of their stock and their bank balances, have evolved very different systems of feeding and feed conservation to suit the particular circumstances of their farms. Each successful farmer realises that fresh leafy pasture is the best and cheapest food for milking stock under New Zealand conditions, and that no crop or conserved pasture can approach good grass in efficiency. The main effort in each instance is designed to provide a supply of such grass for as long a period as possible over the dairying season.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 43, 20 June 1947, Page 7
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162FARM NOTES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 43, 20 June 1947, Page 7
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