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FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



hand in hand with the forage crops grown on the 

 farm. The aim of the future should be to include 

 the legumes more and more, although the grass hays 

 and the products of the corn plant will always oc- 

 cupy an important place in the food supply for grow- 

 ing and fattening cattle. 



CHAMPION STEERS 



This carload of steers was awarded champion honors at a recent live 

 stock show. 



It is not so much what kind of roughage is to be 

 used as it is that there be an abundance. With even 

 inferior roughage it is possible to develop cattle 

 economically if good pastures are available and pro- 

 tein concentrates in reasonable amount are fed. It 

 should be remembered that if there is much corn 

 stover there is also much ear corn. This corn can 

 be fed or exchanged for other concentrates that 

 carry large quantities of protein, to assist in balanc- 



