l04 THE MA.\AGEME.\T A.\D FEEDING UF CATTLE 



means that usually more labor will be expended in pre- 

 paring them for being fed. 



In the corn belt corn will still be the dominant food 

 fed, but it will be fed largely in the form of ensilage, 

 and the grain fed will be added with the ensilage to 

 insure its more thorough digestion. More legumes will 

 a! so be grown that the ration may be fed in better bal- 

 ance and to aid in maintaining fertility in the land. This 

 method of feeding will apply to all areas wherein rea- 

 sonably good crops of corn can be grown. 



In the far North, where large crops of field roots can 

 be grown, much of the fodder, including some straw, 

 will be chaffed and mixed with pulped roots, the grain 

 being all ground and fed on the cut food. This is essen- 

 tially the same method that has been practiced in On- 

 tario for man}^ years. 



In the South and Southwest the aim will be to grow 

 and feed more ensilage, as corn or sorghum, and more 

 leguminous or other hay, because of the bearing which 

 growing these has upon fertility. Cottonseed meal will 

 be fed in reduced amounts because of enhanced values. 

 Corn and the various sorghum seeds will be fed only 

 as meal, except when stored in the silo. The use of 

 molasses will also increase. AA'hen poured on the food 

 or mixed with it, increased quantities of tlie coarser food 

 will be consumed, and the molasses added will aid ma- 

 terially in the fattening. 



