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PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 



79 



III. 



Wheat bran, 

 Gluten feed, 

 Feed 14 to 16 quarts daily. 



rounds. 

 100 

 100 



Coarse Fodder Ration 2. — About one-half English hay 

 and one-half meadow hay, or aljout one-half corn ensilage 

 (30 pounds) and all the meadow hay the animal will eat. 



Grain Rations for Above. 



n. 



Corn meal, . 

 Cotton-seed meal, 

 Feed 7 quarts daily. 



Pounds. 

 150 

 100 



Wheat bran, 

 Gluten feed. 

 Feed 10 to 12 quarts dailj-. 



Pounds. 

 100 

 100 



Remarhs. — The writer questions the wisdom of a sys- 

 tem of farmino' iu which much labor is devoted to securiuo; 

 meadow hay for feeding to farm animals. The large amount 

 of grain necessary to be fed in order to secure reasonably 

 nutritive rations calls for a considerable outlay of money, 

 which renders the various rations of doubtful economy. 



The tendency of modern dairy farming is to raise crops 

 containing more nitrogenous matter (protein), and thus re- 

 duce the amount of grain to be purchased. 



To farmers who have been gathering and feeding large 

 quantities of meadow hay the writer would make the fol- 

 lowing suo:2:estions : — 



In addition to English hay, raise annual crops, such as 

 peas and oats, vetch and oats and Hungarian grass. Cut 

 these for hay. Grow corn fodder and soja-bean fodder, 

 and put into a silo in the proportion of two parts corn to 

 one part soja be3,ns. Such a system will give large amounts 

 of nutritious winter feed, and will enable one to get along 

 with one-half of the grain feed mentioned above. 



