1 86 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



ender. When these are grown insufficiently, 

 either the cows are denied full rations or else pur- 

 chased feed must be resorted to. Ordinarily the 

 high prices of these absorb the greater part of the 

 profits of the dairy business. On farms where the 

 normal supply of roughage is not equal to the re- 

 quirement of the stock, it would be wiser, safer and 

 better to dispose of the least productive cows, be- 



SILAGE ONE OF OUR BEST DAIRY FEEDS 



When feed is high, silage is practically indispensable in dairying. For 

 winter feeding it is a fair substitute for summer pasture, for corn ensiled 

 is more appetizing than if fed dry and in the rough. 



stowing on the remaining ones more care and feed- 

 ing them more generously on the roughage material 

 at hand. 



Next to the legumes no food is grown that pro- 

 vides so large a proportion of desirable nutrients as 

 corn preserved in the silo. The nutrients in silage 

 are very appetizing for winter feeding. Moreover^ 



