Feeding Dairy Cattle 



fertilizing constituents. The writer leaves that for the 

 interpretation of the reader. Nitrogen on the average for 

 the past 10 vears has been worth i8 cents per pound, phos- 

 phoric acid 4.5 cents and potash 5 cents. All are more expen- 

 sive at present. Therefore, we see again the importance 

 of getting what we can in feeds. As to choice of feed, with- 

 out going into detail, the high protein feeds — cottonseed 

 meal, gluten feed, etc. — yield the nitrogen, and the feeds like 

 wheat bran made up of the outer coatings of the kernel, 

 carry the most potash and phosphoric acid. 



Upon looking at this first talkie, we can see that mature 

 animals carry away relatively the least fertilizing elements, 

 therefore, the Holstein breeder, who is feeding his milk and 

 selling mature animals at high prices, is conserving the fertil- 

 ity of his farm. Therefore, the greatest gain to be made in 

 dairy farming, from the standpoint of a permanent agricul- 

 turist, is to aim for the best blood there is and to make the 

 surplus stock the main cash crop of the farm. 



Then again, if milk must be sold, a glance at the first 

 tal:)le will show that if the milk can be sold to a factory, so 

 the skim milk can come back to the farm, or if butter can be 

 made on the farm, a great saving of fertility is made. 



Therefore, as far as possible, from the standpoint of a 

 permanent agriculturist, the dairy farmers must learn to 

 grow legumes and to market their crops in cream and butter 

 and mature animals at high prices. 



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