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making balanced rations, and they illustrate their advantage over the 

 common crojis of the farm which an examination of the table shows 

 are deticient in protein and need to be supplemented by some of the 

 rich by-products. 



In furnishing an abundance of protein feeds the farmer has accom- 

 plished much in the way of improving the yield of animal products, 

 but must not rest easy or think that this is all-sufficient, but remem- 

 ber that there is much truth in the adage ''The eye of the master 

 fattens his cattle." 



TABLE I.— YIELD OF PROTEIN BY AVAILABLE FARM CROPS. 



Fair Acreage Yield. 



3 



Pakt 1. 

 Crops Commonly Raised. 



Corn (grain and cob), f 



L 

 Corn fodder, 



Barley (train) f 



Barley (straw) 



Oats (grain) f 



I 

 (Jats (straw) 



Wheat (grain) f 



\Aht:at (straw) 



Timothy hay 



frihard grass hay, 



Red clover hay, 



I'AHT ■; 



Crops not Commonly Raised in 

 This Section. 



Cow peas (green) 



Cow peas (hay) 



Cow peas (grain f 



L 



Snja beans (green) 



Soja beans (hay), 



S. ja beans (grain) f 



Alfalfa hay 



10 barrels. .. 

 3,500 pounds, 

 3,000 pounds. 



40 bushels, . 

 1,600 pounds, 

 3,000 pounds, 



50 bushels, . 

 1.600 pounds, 

 2,500 pounds. 



1 S.5 



J 



3.8 



1 12.4 



J 



3.5 



■j 11.8 

 4.0 



25 bushels. T 11.8 



1.500 pounds J 



2,700 pounds. i 3.4 



2 tons, 

 2 tons, 

 2 tons, 



5.9 



8.1 



12.3 



10 tons 



2ii tons 



20 bushels. .. 

 1,200 pound?, 



S tons 



214 tons 



2' bush'^'ls. .. 

 l.roo pounds, 

 1 tons 



16.6 

 "I 20.8 

 J 



14.5 

 34.0 



14.3 



298 

 114 



238 

 105 



189 

 100 



177 

 82 



236 

 324 

 492 



167 



64 



231 



193 



42 



235 



155 

 40 



195 



13G 

 33 



1,505 

 1,152 



2,657 



1,544 

 1,377 



2,921 



809 

 1,320 



2,219 



1,346 

 2,161 



159 



3,507 



830 

 250 



725 

 510 



1,114 



111 

 193 

 285 



1,798 

 1,814 

 1,710 



538 

 207 



2,058 

 679 



513 

 465 



824 



2,311 



805 



3,378 



1:15.0 

 1:18.0 



1: S.O 

 1:32.8 



1: 5.8 

 1:C3.0 



1: 9 9 

 1:65. r. 



16.2 

 9.4 



6.0 



1: 3.8 

 1:33 



1: 1.7 

 1: 4.1 



