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of feed to buy. It is considered a good plan to put in wheat bran 

 to break np the heavier feeds, when the price is not relatively 

 higher than other feeds of similar analysis. 



The protein in ripened seed products is a much better form 

 than in the green products. Farmers should be warned against 

 buying mixtures that are made up of oat hulls, clipped oats, etc. 

 These substances are largely indigestible and protein purchased 

 in such feeds is very expensive. The high-class compounds can be 

 safely bought, it being only a question of expense. 



Feeds manufactured from washed by-products that are very 

 low in ash are not good to use, for the health of the animal or for 

 the strength or vitality of the otfspring. 



The term '' corn-meal " should not be applied to anything 

 except the grain ground entire. 



The name " oat feed " should not be used at all. There are, 

 strictly speaking, no oat feeds. See Geneva Bulletin No. 351. 



Dried brewers' grains, malt sprouts and feeds of this character 

 are not the most valuable fonn of protein but may be fed to 

 advantage particularly with leguminous fodder or when bran is 

 particularly high in price. 



High-class compounded feeds such as Unicorn and Blue Ribbon, 

 are up to guarantee and are excellent combinations where men do 

 not care to do their own mixing. A careful study of Bulletin No. 

 351, or any table of food eonstitutents, will enable a man to make 

 his own mixture with less cost and equally good results as when 

 using the above. 



COW TESTING ASSOCIATIONS 



The value of cow testing musi be proved to a sufficient extent, 

 that the farmers will put it into practice. Bulletin No. 30 of the 

 State Department of Agriculture contains figures to prove what 

 has actually been done as a result of such associations. It is wise 

 to emphasize the point that the dairyman can test his own herds 

 without an association ; but since in most cases this will not be 

 done, the association should be urged. 



It should be made clear to the farmer that individual records 

 of animals for a year are of infinitely greater value than short, 

 forced records. 



