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the corn stover, it will serve to balance the ration. 

 If not, this need may be supplied by bran, linseed 

 meal or cottonseed meal. These feeds have a high 

 protein content, and fed in relatively small amounts 

 with the corn, will supply the elements in which 

 the exclusive corn ration is deficient. This same 

 general principle would hold equally true in fat- 

 tening sheep or in feeding horses. It will hold 

 equally true where timothy hay or sorghum be 

 substituted for corn stover. On the other hand, 

 in some of the western valleys alfalfa is raised in 

 great abundance and all of the grains raised, such 

 as barley and oats, also have a high protein con- 

 tent. This leaves the feeder of the mountain val- 

 leys with the problem of supplying carbohydrates 

 to form a more perfectly balanced ration. He meets 

 this by either shipping in corn from the eastern 

 states, or by feeding sugar beets, which contain a 

 high per cent of carbohydrates, or by utilizing 

 waste molasses and other by-products of the sugar 

 factory. 



If a feeder of any experience feiows the relative 

 proportion of the elements contained in each class 

 of feed, he will be able to form a satisfactory feed- 

 ing ration by observing the efiFect which different 

 combinations have upon the animals. The tend- 

 ency with most feeders is to give too little protein. 

 They should not hesitate to purchase considerable 

 amounts of concentrated protein feeds, such as oil 

 meal, in cases where their home-grown crops do 

 not furnish this element. These feeds may cost a 

 little more per pound, but they will often be 

 cheaper in the ultimate result than those capable 

 of producing fat alone. It seems to matter little 

 whether the protein is derived from the grain or the 

 roughage. Corn fed with a leguminous hay seems 



