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.once with some sort of a soiling crop. Any dairy farmer deserv- 

 ing the name should have a few acres planted for this purpose. 

 If not needed it is not lost. Silage is also used for helping out 

 pastures by such men as H. B. Curler. Finally let me put in a 

 word for cutting hay early and curing it as hay and not as straw, 

 and for the making of oat-hay. 



These general outlines being observed and the feeding and 

 watering being done at regular hours, we have done what is pos- 

 sible to produce cheap milk as far as feeding is concerned. 



I mention six daily rations which Prof. Woll recommends as 

 good examples. 



1. Corn silage 40 Ibs., clover hay 8 Ibs., wheat bran 6 Ibs. 

 and corn-meal 3 Ibs. 



2. Corn fodder 20 Ibs., hay 6 Ibs., oats 4 Ibs., shorts 4 Ibs., 

 oil-meal 2 Ibs. 



3. Corn silage 50 Ibs., corn stover 6 Ibs., oats 6 Ibs., malt 

 sprouts 4 Ibs., corn-meal 2 Ibs. 



4. Corn silage 30 Ibs., hay 15 Ibs., wheat bran 3 Ibs., corn- 

 meal 3 Ibs., cotton seed meal 2 Ibs. 



5. Timothy hay 10 Ibs., clover hay 8 Ibs., wheat bran 6 

 Ibs., oats 6 Ibs. 



6. Corn fodder 20 Ibs., clover hay 8 Ibs., oats 6 Ibs., oil 

 meal 3 Ibs. 



INFLUENCE OF FEED ON THK RICHNESS OF MILK. 



Most farmers as well as scientists labored for years under 

 the delusion that an increase in the feed, and especially in that 

 rich in fat, would increase the percentage of fat in the milk. 

 Later experiments have proven that this is not true to any extent 

 worth mentioning. Feeding to excess or feeding very rich food 

 may for a short time increase the richness, but it soon drops into 

 the percentage normal for each cow and the ambitious breeder 

 who "tests" his cows that way has a fair chance of ruining them 

 for life. 



Why, starving a cow will make her give abnormally rich milk, 

 though less of it. 



Increasing the feed of a cow, not fed up to her full capacity, 

 -will increase the milk yield the total amount of butterfat pro- 



