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A FEEDERS' GUIDfe. 



cerned; they are economical producers and should preferably be 

 used for dairy production and as foundation stock for the dairy. 

 Heifer cows from such cows will be likely to be large and profit- 

 able producers. By the feed unit system a simple, definite figure 

 is obtain for the total feed eaten by farm animals, including that 

 eaten on pasture. 



An example will readily illustrate the application of the sys- 

 tem. For instance, it has been found that 1.1 pounds of wheat 



Table XVII.— Table of Feed Units. 



Feeding Stuffs. 



Pounds of Feed 



required to equal 



1 unit. 



Goiif!eiitrates — 



Corn, wheat, rye, barley, hominy feed, dried 

 brewers' grains, wheat middlings, oat shorts. 

 Peas, Unicorn Dairy Ration, molasses beet 

 pulp 



Cotton seed meal 



Oil meal, Ajax Flakes (dried distillers' grains), 

 gluten feed, soy beans 



Wheat bran, oats, dried beet pulp, barley feed, 

 malt sprouts. International Sugar Feed, 

 Quaker or Sugarota Molasses or Dairy Feed, 

 Sucrene Dairy Feed, Badger Dairy Feed, 

 Schumacher Stock Feed, molasses grains.... 



Alfalfa meal, Victor feed, June Pasture, alfalfa 

 molasses feeds 



Hoy and Straw — 



Alfalfa hay, clover hay 



Mixed hay, oat hay, oat and pea hay, barley and 



pea hay, red top hay 



Timothy hay, prairie hay, sorghum hay 



Corn stover, stalks or fodder, marsh hay, cut 



straw 



Solllngr crops, stlage nnd other succulent feeds — 



Green alfalfa 



Green corn,, sorghum, clover, peas and oats, 



cannery refuse 



Alfalfa silage 



Corn silage, pea vine silage 



Wet brewers' grains : 



Potatoes, skim milk, butter milk 



Sugar beets 



Carrots 



Rutabagas 



Field beets, green rape 



Sugar beet leaves artd tops, whey 



Turnips, mangels, fresh beet pulp 



Pasture, 8 to 12 units per day, on the average 

 varying with kind and condition. 



Aver- 

 age. 



1.0 

 0.8 



0.9 



1.1 

 1.2 



2.0 



2.5 

 3.0 



4.0 



7.0 



8.0 



5.0 



6.0 



4.0 



6.0 



7.0 



8.0 



9.0 



10.0 



12.0 



12.5 



Range. 



1.5—3.0 



2.0- 

 2.5- 



-3.0 

 -3.5 



3.5 — 6.0 



6,0— S.O 

 7.0—10.0 



5.0—7.0 



8.0—10.0 

 io.'o— I'S'O" 



