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FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



corn. Soiling crops are next best to grasses; and 

 roots, for fall and winter, are not to be despised. 



Good Pastures Always Popular. The testimony 

 of dairymen is undeniably and emphatically in favor 

 of silage, soiling crops and similar feeds to take 

 the place of pasture, because they keep the milk 

 yield constant. Some even claim that these feeds 

 are in every way equal to rich pastures. Where 

 lands are high in value and limited in quantity, soil- 



HAULING SOILING CROPS TO THE BARN 



Where the soiling system is followed cows are fed in their stalls. Less 

 land is needed and no forage is destroyed by tramping. The labor on the 

 other hand is increased. 



ing crops often displace the pasture system. Some 

 who follow the practice claim that it is even more 

 satisfactory and far less costly. Roots, even for the 

 dairy, but especially for all breeding stock, are in- 

 dispensable. Horses without carrots, sheep without 

 turnips, Hamlet without the ghost! 



