FEEDS AND FEEDING 1 15 



The average farmer has too little appreciation of 

 the value of the grain and forage he produces for 

 live stock feeding purposes. He is too willing to 

 abandon live stock production and feeding as un- 

 profitable, because, for the moment, grain growing 

 seems more attractive. He needs a keener appre- 

 ciation of the feeding value of the different crops 

 possible for him to grow, of the profits which care- 

 ful breeding and intelligent feeding of farm animals 

 will bring him, and of the cumulative effect pro- 

 duced upon his soil by a continued application to 

 it of the manure produced by this live stock in con- 

 suming the corn stover, straw, hay and grain which 

 he can grow. The live stock breeder should in- 

 form himself of the principles which underly 

 this science, and should develop an accurate appre- 

 ciation of the values of different kinds of feed. He 

 should be able to know when the products grown 

 upon his farm are insufficient for the needs of the 

 growing animal, and what he should produce to 

 supply this deficiency. He should be able to judge 

 when it will be profitable for him to purchase high- 

 priced concentrates, and just what the character 

 of these concentrates should be. It pays for nearly 

 every farm to produce a sufficient variety of feed- 

 ing material to furnish a well balanced ration. This 

 is especially true in all regions where it is possible 

 to raise corn, because here also in nearly every in- 

 stance it is possible to raise clover and alfalfa. 

 Close attention to the needs of animals under dif- 

 ferent conditions and full information as to the 

 kinds of forage and grain which will most fully and 

 most economically supply these needs is the basic 

 information without which successful feeding on an 

 intelligent basis will be found impossible. 



