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V. I'or corn (in addilion to manure) : 



Nitrate of soda, . . loo pounds. 



Acid phosphate, . . 200 pounds. 



Muriate of potasli, . . 100 pounds. 



Use in the hill or drill. 



D. FEEDING FORAGE CROPS FOR MILK PRODUCTION. 



When forage crops are grown to supplement pasturage, the 

 feeding of a reasonable amount at night is quite satisfactory. In 

 case pasturage is very deficient, another feeding may be given in the 

 morning, or what is preferable,- the morning feed may consist of a 

 grain mixture : 



I. II. 



loo pounds gluten feed. 100 pounds gluten feed. 



IOC pounds bran or mixed feed. 100 pounds hominy meal. 

 Mix and feed 2 to 4 quarts. Mix and feed 2 to 4 quarts. 



Some grain is to be preferred as a supplement to green fodder in 

 order to increase the daily protein supply. In case clover consti- 

 tutes the green forage, the grain may be omitted, or it may consist of 

 corn or hominy meals in place of those above suggested. 



Should summer soiling be practiced exclusively, it is advised to 

 feed 10 pounds of hay daily, together with what green forage the 

 animals will eat clean, which will amount to from 40 to 50 pounds 

 in case of average sized cows. The writer does not consider it wise 

 to feed more than the above amount of coarse green feeds daily for 

 the reason that an excess produces an exceedingly laxative condition 

 of the bowels. Animals fed in excess of 50 pounds are likely to be- 

 come noticeably thin in fiesh. In addition to the hay and green 

 fodder, it will usually prove economical to feed from 4 to 7 quarts of 

 the following grain mixtures daily : 



I. II. 



125 lbs. bran. 125 lbs. bran. 



TOO lbs. flour middlings. 100 lbs. corn or hominy meal. 



100 lbs. gluten feed. 75 lbs. cottonseed meal. 



