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productiveness by systematic soilage and fertilization. The table shows 

 that 24 acres of land, producing 2 and sometimes 3 crops during the 

 season, yielded 278.3 tons of green forage, supplying an average of 60.4 

 Ibs. of green forage daily per head to an equivalent of 50 dairy cows 

 from May 1 to November 1, a period of 6 months. 



Soiling crops grown at the New Jersey Station for the support of a herd 

 equal to 50 dairy cows for 6 months 



III. THE PREPARATION OP FEEDS 



In the nomadic stage of husbandry the animals gathered their own 

 food, the care of the owner ending when grazing, water, and protection 

 from marauders were provided. With the change from primitive times 

 the growing of plants and their conservation for animal use becomes 

 an ever-increasing burden on the stockman. It is therefore a question 

 of prime importance to determine to what extent such preparation of 

 feeds as grinding or rolling grain, cutting or chaffing hay and coarse 

 forage, and cooking various feeding stuffs is profitable. 



The purpose of such artificial preparation of feed is to make it more 

 digestible, to improve its palatability, or to permit the mixing of well- 

 liked feeding stuffs with materials which would otherwise be refused. 

 In studying any method of preparing feeds farmers must not only con- 



