296 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



If this green fodder is not needed in early summer, 

 just let it alone; it will. continue its growing and 

 will make a still heavier crop. With it at hand you 

 need have no fear of a shrinkage in milk, because 

 a few armfuls of this green corn as a feed, used as a 

 supplement to the pasture or the silage or other 

 food, will complete the ration and supply your stock 

 with just what is needed. The patch of corn, its 

 size depending upon the number of animals you 

 have, will carry you until the silage crop is ready, 

 or if you do not have the silo, carry you into the fall 

 season, when your winter plans for feeding will 

 handle the case. 



Root Crops Not to Be Left Out. Roots receive 

 too little attention by farmers, but they are worthy 

 of some attention, for they stand high as succulent 

 and supplementary feeds. Roots cannot be valued 

 solely by the nutriment they contain. They aid in 

 digestion and assimilation of dry foods and con- 

 tribute to the healthfulness of all animals so fortu- 

 nate as to get them. If fruits are of value, if not a 

 necessity, to men, then roots and grasses have a 

 place in feeding farm animals. 



Carrots may be fed to horses and sheep, sugar 

 beets and turnips to dry cattle, lambs and dairy cat- 

 tle; all three are relished by hogs. To withhold 

 succulence, Nature's great provision of thrift and 

 health, is to lessen profits. Ask the men who use 

 these crops ; the horse breeder where carrots are 

 known ; the shepherd who knows his sheep and suc- 

 ceeds with them ; the cattle breeder who has learned 

 of the value of roots for health and appetite. The 



