ECONOMY IN FREDING 43 
FORAGE-CROP RATIONS 
In the use of soiling crops, it is quite possible 
to have the green forage serve as the entire ration; 
although it is better, on the whole, that the soil- 
ing crop provide orly the larger part of it, for 
the reason that in many cases the green crop 
contains such a small proportion of dry matter as 
to make it necessary for the animals to consume a 
too large bulk, even though it might be no greater 
than in pasturing in those periods when pasture 
grasses are growing rapidly and are very watery. 
Experiments show that it is possible to use 
green forage exclusively, and, while the yield of 
product is less, the cost per unit is also less than 
when fine feeds are used in connection with it. 
It is largely a question as to whether the dairyman 
desires to keep his animals up to the full standard 
of production, by supplying in reasonable bulk 
sufficient amounts of digestible food in best forms, 
or whether he desires to secure his product at the 
lowest cost even though the total production is 
reduced. If it is cheaper for him to supply the 
animals entirely by means of forage crops, this is 
the practice for him to follow,—that is, cheaper in 
the sense that if the milk yield is less, the relative 
cost is also so much less as to enable him to secure 
a larger profit. These are matters that individual 
farmers must determine for themselves. 
