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condition in which it must be thoroughly masticated, in that 

 the saHva thus secreted is necessary for complete digestion of 

 the starch. It is really a very gr^at waste of the most valuable 

 and costly nutrient to feed skimmed milk alone, and many 

 instances of its proving detrimental to pigs are on record. 



Because of the increasing cost of protein in all cormnercial 

 feeding stuffs I am attempting to produce the needed protein 

 through the soy bean which, it will be noted, contains practically 

 the same amount of protein as linseed meal, giving an extremely 

 narrow nutritive ratio. The crop promises to be a profitable 

 one so long as these commercial feeds remain as high as they 

 are. The only obstacle to their becoming a regular crop upon 

 every farm needing additional protein to feed supplementary 

 to corn and timothy hay is the difficulty in harvesting them. It 

 is to be noted that the man who relies upon timothy as a hav or 

 fodder crop may greatly improve it by cutting early, early cut 

 timothy having fully 50 per cent more protein per ton than late 

 cut timothy. The same is true of mixed hays, even clover, ripe 

 clover losing much of its leaves which contain a large proportion 

 of digestible protein. 



