114 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



But there are large quantities of food each year 

 going to waste in every section. Thousands and 

 thousands of tons of corn stover, cottonseed meal, 

 and the by-products of the slaughtering houses rot 

 each year in American farm fields. The quantity 

 of this rich animal food and real wealth is so vast 

 as to be almost beyond estimation. Much of it is 

 wasted and unutilized each year. Of course, these 



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materials help the soil, but they could help the ani- 

 mal first, and to the land might go the resulting 

 manure, doing the land as much good as the raw 

 animal food. 



Use Judgment in Purchasing Feeds. Often very 

 poor judgment is shown in the purchase of feeds. 

 Just think of the great quantities of timothy and 

 other hays that are each year sent into some sec- 

 tion to be fed to live stock! It is not wise farm 



