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high in butter fat will need more. It is a delicate prob- 
lem, each cow requiring individual attention. 
7. Getting cheap food.—-The kind of food for cows in 
milk will be much gov- 
erned by the production 
in any given locality. 
Every farmer can grow 
his own carbohydrates 
and fat; and more and 
more the legumes will 
be introduced into the 
cropping system on 
dairy farms. In this 
way it will be possible Famous Cow AND WHAT SHE Dip 
to grow most of the  auchenbrain Brown Kate 4th during one 
e lactation period gave 23,022 pounds of milk 
protein at home. Con- containing 918 pounds of butter fat. During 
: this period she consumed $184 worth of food. 
centrates or grain feeds The milk was sold for five cents a quart and 
are bought either to returned $575 in money. 
increase the protein or the digestibility of the ration. 
8. Foods that all may grow.—A few foods may be 
looked upon as standard for dairy cows. These include 
plants of the clover family, alfalfa, corn silage, soy 
beans, cowpeas, corn, peas and oats. On every dairy 
farm, if possible, there should be a permanent pasture, 
and this should be intelligently handled, that it may im- 
prove steadily. If the pasture is of limited size, soiling 
crops should be introduced. These may include rye, 
peas and oats, alfalfa, clover, cowpeas, soy beans, green 
corn, millet and other crops of local adaptation. 
9. Liberal feeding.—A liberal supply of these feeds is 
indispensable for milk or butter. On many farms there 
is too frequently a shortage of hay, silage or dry prov- 
ender. When such are grown insufficiently, either the 
cows are denied full rations, or else feed must be pur-. 
