A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16, 1995 Will Cows Eat Anything? (Continued from Pago A 27) cleaned-out feed trough. Actually, waal the fanner is doing is introducing fresh feed regularly to the nose and taste buds of the cows. Despite what textbooks say to the contrary, the fanner knows that cows do have taste buds and that catering to them is an advan tage in milk production. I know a very successful dairy farmer who maintains a high-producing herd, mostly because he turns his cows into a new pasture every day. He understands the importance of catering to his cows* taste buds. Recently, some fine ruminant research has come out of Utah Stale University that proves this. Plain straw was fed first, and then spices and/or grain supple ments were added. Not only did the animals eat more straw when spices were added, but they preferred those spices, which had been paired with the grain supplement. Free choice intake was increased significantly. 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