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meal is the best adapted, since it generally supplies the protein 

 which is lacking, cheaper than any others. 



The following table shows the results of a feeding experiment 

 carried on by the Missouri Experiment Station to determine the 

 feed value of timothy and cow pea hay : 



AVERAGE PER COW FOR SEVEN COWS. 



The table shows that during the 30 days when timothy hay 

 was fed there was a loss per cow of 4.85 pounds butterfat and 21.9 

 pounds milk. In this case they had a uniform ration of grain 

 throughout the entire experiment, the hay only being changed, and 

 they were given what hay they would consume. But the milk and 

 butter figures do not tell the whole story. At the bottom of the 

 table it will be noticed that the weight of the cows decreased on an 

 average of 44 pounds during the 30 days, a loss of over one pound 

 per day, and in this case the ration of timothy hay was not sufficient 

 to maintain the body weight, and if the experiment had been con- 

 tinued longer the results would have been still more marked. 



BUYING CONCENTRATED FEEDS. 



It is quite a problem with dairymen when and in what quanti- 

 ties to buy bran, cottonseed meal, gluten meal, or linseed meal, and 

 which one furnishes them the most value for the money. No rule 

 can be made to cover these cases. The whole subject of feeding 

 and composition of feeds must be well understood in order to work 

 to the best advantage. 



If timothy, millet or sorghum hay or corn fodder is the rough- 

 ness to be used, and corn the chief grain on hand, it will pay to buy 

 bran and cottonseed meal even if some of the corn has to be sold. 

 When cow pea, alfalfa or clover hay is used extensively the neces- 

 sity of using these expensive feeds is largely done away with and 

 only small quantities at most will be needed. 



Linseed meal, cottonseed meal and the best grades of gluten 

 meal now manufactured, are of about equal feeding value for cows, 

 pound for pound. This class contains the largest amount of pro- 



