442 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 



I, naturally, expected that prices would decline this year. 

 However, I have been more than gratified during the entire 

 year with the condition of our Dairy Markets, especially, when 

 compared with the market values of all other farm products 

 and we are confident that the milch cow has saved thousands of 

 Iowa farmers from financial ruin. 



Corn, oats and other grains, as well as all forage crops pro- 

 duced on our Iowa farms have been selling below the cost of 

 production. Considering the favorable market value of Dairy 

 Products, I decided that it was an opportune time to impress 

 upon the low^a farmer the necessity of marketing considerable 

 of his cheap grain, through the butterfat route, by feeding it to 

 milch cows and with this in mind and with the help of Wal- 

 laces' Farmer and some suggestions from the Dairy Husbandry 

 Department of the Iowa State College, we issued the following 

 poster. 



DAIRY FARMERS 



ATTENTION 



Market your corn and oats in the form of butterfat. 



No doubt you have heard considerable protesting against the low 

 prices which producers are receiving for corn and oats. The figures 

 mentioned below give a comparison of the return for corn and oats 

 when fed to milk cows and should be of interest to all having to do 

 with the dairy industry. 



Milk Cows Give the Following Values to Grains: 



Oats Value 

 37 

 40 

 42 



44.6 



47 



49.5 



52 



54.5 



This value of corn and oats takes into consideration the added labor 

 of butterfat production and investment in cattle. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR FEEDING. 



The Dairy Husbandry Department of the Iowa State College, 

 suggests the following rations to feed milk cows for the promotion of 

 butterfat production and maximum use of Iowa's surplus corn crop: 



400 pounds cracked corn or corn and cob meal; 



200 pounds Ground Oats; 



100 pounds Oil Meal or Cotton Seed Meal. 



