FEEDS AND FEEDING 387 



His tables for feeding of dairy cows are given in a bulletin of the Minnesota 

 Experiment Station. For other farm animals it has been more difficult 

 to calculate the analysis and weight of the product in a practical way, 

 but scientists are at work on the problem. Till such data are available, 

 feeders should feed balanced rations in accord with the tables given in 

 the Appendix, which are largely the results of experiments in feeding 

 made in Germany. 



Feeding Dairy Stock. Pasturage. In the spring 

 and summer pasturage is the chief resource in feeding 

 dairy cows. It is during the months when the pas- 

 turage is good that cows give most abundant supplies 

 of milk at the lowest cost. June butter is considered 

 to be the best butter also, because of the flavor given 

 it by the pastures. 



When pasturage is abundant it is not necessary to 

 give cows that are dry or are giving a moderate amount 

 of milk any additional food, but producers of a large 

 quantity of milk may be given some grain to furnish 

 the protein given in the milk. 



Soiling Crops. In the late summer and fall when 

 pastures are short, stock should be fed some green fod- 

 der. The feeding of green fodders is called soiling. 

 Corn is most frequently fed for this purpose. Very often 

 farmers prepare a corn field or a sorghum field near the 

 barnyard or pasture to be used as a soiling crop. The 

 seed is sown or planted thick in the rows. A large 

 amount of green stuff may be raised in this way on a 

 small plot of ground. In the southwestern states Kaffir 

 corn is used extensively as a soiling crop. 



If summer silage is available, it will be found more 

 economical for feeding than growing soiling crops. 



Winter Feeding. --The succulence of pasturage and 

 of soiling may be made up in a measure by feeding 



