39 



5-t 6.tt 



TOO lbs. cottonseed or gluten meal. 125 lbs. gluten feed. 

 150 lbs. corn and cob meal. 100 lbs. corn and cob meal. 



100 lbs. bran. Mix and feed 5 to 6 quarts daily. 



Mix and feed 7 to 8 quarts daily. 



J. TOPICS OF INTEREST. 



The farm has been aptly called the " carbohydrate 



The Protein factory," the principle fodder crops produced being 



Problem. hay, corn fodder, corn (grain) and similar materials 



— all low in protein and high in carbohydrates. 

 The problem confronting the milk producer is how to economically 

 secure sufficient of the costly but necessary protein to supplement 

 the home-grown carbohydrates. 



SUGGESTIONS OFFERED. 



By feeding the grasses and corn plant liberally with nitrogenous 

 manure the protein content of these crops can be increased to a 

 limited degree. rhis statement is based on carefully conducted 

 experiments. 



Clover* may be grown by itself or with the grasses for hay, and 

 as a green forage crop. It should be sown upon land rather lack- 

 ing in nitrogen, and' fertilized liberally with phosphoric acid, potash, 

 and lime. 



Medium green soy beans may be grown by themselves for green 

 forage, or together with corn for silage, providing the corn and bean 

 mixture can be successfully cut with a corn harvester, an experiment 

 not as yet tried by the writer. It is not believed to be economical 

 to grow them by themselves as a silage crop, for the reason that the 

 increased cost of handling them, more than makes up for the extra 

 protein furnished. Corn and beans have been found to make a very 

 desirable silage mixture, $ containing 2.5 per cent of protein 

 against 1.7 for corn alone. Soy beans are not economical as a seed 

 crop, it being cheaper to purchase protein in the form of cottonseed 

 or other protein meals. 



Mixtures of wJieat and hairy or sa/id vetc/i, a.nd oafs and Canada 



tWith stover and hay. 



ttWith stover and hay, preferably mixed with wet cut hay. 



*Clover, beans and vetches are rich in protein. 



I.^bout i corn and J beans. See Bulletin 72 for details of planting. 



