A Demonstration of the Superiority of Cactus as 



a Feed for Cows 



Result of Feeding Burbank Spineless Cactus at the Certified 

 Owned by H. R. Timm at Dixon, California 



Dairy 



Aff&autt 



2, 1912 



3, 1912 



4, 1912 



5, 1912 



6, 1912 



7, 1912 



8, 1912 



9, 1912 



10, 1912 



11, 1912 

 12, 1912 



Milk 

 Lbs. 



37 

 36 



34^ 



42 



44 



45 



47 



46 



45% 



43% 



Cactus 

 Lbs. 

 10 

 22 

 38 

 67 

 75 

 75 

 72 

 76 

 74 

 76 

 80 



The above is the result of a test in the 

 feeding of Burbank Spineless Cactus to a 

 dairy cow, made at the H. R. Timm Dairy, 

 Dixon, Cal. The test was made during a 

 period of ten days to find out the real 

 value of cactus as a milk-producing food. 



As the dairy herd was being fed on the 

 best kind of green alfalfa and alfalfa hay, 

 it would hardly be expected that a cow 

 would increase in milk when cactus was 

 substituted for the green feed. On Sep- 

 tember 2, the cow was taken from the herd 

 and placed on a ration of cactus and bar- 

 ley, and a light feed of alfalfa hay. With- 



in four or five days she ate it without any 

 grain and soon reached a gain of ten 

 pounds of milk daily. 



I consider it a splendid substitute for 

 green alfalfa when fed with a small 

 amount of alfalfa hay. And I consider it 

 doubly valuable as a cow food on account 

 of the fact that it can be harvested and 

 fed during the winter months when there 

 is no other green feed. 



H. R. TIMM. 



NOTE : Mr. Timm is the president of 

 the First National Bank of Dixon and the 

 owner of one of the largest and best cer- 

 tified dairies in the West. 

 State of California, 



County of Solano ss. 

 H. R. Timm, being first duly sworn, de- 

 poses and says: I have read the attached 

 statement of facts and know the contents 

 thereof, and desire to state that the same 

 are true to my own knowledge, informa- 

 tion and belief. 



Subscribed to and sworn to before me 

 this 3rd day of December, 1912. 



H. R. TIMM. 



WINFIELD R. MADDEN, Notary Pub- 

 lic in and for Solano County, California. 



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