34 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



NEW FACTS IN FEEDING DAIRY CATTLE 



Prof. F. B. Morrison, College of Agriculture, 

 University Wisconsin 



Every farmer naturally wishes to secure as much profit 

 as possible from his farming operations. Yet many fail to 

 appreciate the basic facts which make profits possible. 



No fact has been more clearly proved by the many 

 experiments carried on at the various Agricultural Colleges 

 and Experiment Stations than the fact that balanced ra- 

 tions are absolutely necessary for maximum profits in stock 

 farming . This fact has been clearly recognized by scientists 

 ever since the first feeding standard was worked out by a 

 European chemist in 1864. 



Since then we have adopted into our every day lives 

 the triumphs of modern scientific inventions — the telephone, 

 the electric light, the automobile, the phonograph, and the 

 radio. Yet many of us have failed to adopt in a similar 

 manner the discoveries of the scientists regarding efficient 

 stock feeding. 



Changed Conditions Require More Science 



In pioneer days, with land low in price, pasturage 

 abundant, and feed and labor cheap, it was relatively easy 

 to make a profit from stock farming. This was true, even 

 though one knew little about the principles which govern 

 the feeding and care of live stock and though we did not 

 understand the value of the different stock feeds. 



Conditions have now changed radically. It is less easy 

 for the inefficient man to make profits in farming. Never- 

 theless, I believe that the future will hold out fully as great 

 opportunities as the past for the farmer who is a master of 

 his profession. 



However, we must all realize that to make a good profit 



