WHAT CROPS FOR FEEDING 



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never wear a necktie, or he may have all he needs 



at home, yet every time he buys a collar he is 



obliged to pay for a necktie as well. If a necktie is 



not needed, but only a collar, it is likely the rule 



would be to get the collar having the least necktie 



about it and the value of the purchase would be 



placed wholly upon the collar and nothing on the 



necktie. If a farmer raises on his farm all the 



carbohydrates and fat he 



needs, and which have a 



low commercial value, he 



cannot afford to buy more 



of the same constituents at 



a price many times higher 



than he can raise the same 



himself. Yet the feeder is 



obliged to do this very 



thing when he purchases 



protein. It cannot be 



helped and it is no one's 



fault. There is a point of 



practical bearing, however, 



in this matter — if you have 



to take carbohydrates and 



fat along with protein and 



J. °, ^ . ,..,, CORN KERNELS 



pay for them, get as little j„ ^^^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^„^„ 



possible carbohydrates and S? ^eep kernel is w.anted. 



^ f.- * With large cods ana snal- 



fat in the feeding stuff and low grains the yield is al- 



, ° . ways smaller than with 



just as much protein as you deep grains and smaller 



can. The aim should be to ''°''®" 

 buy the feeding stuff having the highest quantity of 

 digestible protein that costs the least for a pound of 

 protein. Expressed in a few words a good rule to 

 follow is this : To grow all of the carbohydrates and 

 fat and not to purchase any; to grow the protein 



