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cannot be considered desirable feeds. Mixed dairy feeds containing less than 

 8 per cent of crude protein and as much as 20 per cent of crude fiber, do not 

 constitute good concentrated feeds even if sold at attractive prices. 



DAIRY FARM ORGANIZATION. 



A well organized and well tilled dairy farm does much to provide suitable 

 feeds and to reduce the cost of feeds for dairy cattle. A rotation that will 

 provide an abundance of corn silage, alfalfa, clover or mixed hay, one or more 

 cereal grains and pasture in rotation or of a permanent kind, should be adopted 

 and secured as early as possible. 



Pastures in most sections cannot be depended upon for feed throughout 

 the summer and soiling crops or the silo for summer silage should be provided. 

 The following tabulation of crops offers a suggestion on a series of crops that 

 may be grown for soiling purposes. The acreage under average conditions 

 is considered sufficient for ten cows that have the benefit of good grass pasture 

 for right pasture. 



A SUCCESSION OF SOILING CROPS FOR DAIRY COWS 



Total acreage 1.9 



Soiling Crops vs. Silage for Dairy Cows. There are several reasons why 

 the silo is a better source of feed for cows in summer than land seeded to soil- 

 ing crops: 



It requires less labor to grow corn for silage than it does to grow a 

 variety of soiling crops. 



