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coveries to my mind simply give us additional reasons for 

 feeding more legume hay to our livestock. Why? Legume 

 hay is rich in protein, has more carbon emphasis, it helps 

 in balancing rations. Legume hay is not only rich in pro- 

 tein but it contains protein in the quality to supplement the 

 protein in the farm grains. 



Legume is rich in calcium, the mineral constituent 

 which is most liable to be lacking in farm rations. It also 

 contains phosphorus and is rich in vitamine A. It is rich 

 in vitamine B, but that doesn't make much difference, be- 

 cause most of our ordinary rations contain plenty of that 

 vitamine. Legume hay also has a fair amount of vitamine 

 C. So all these recent discoveries in stock feeding simply 

 give us additional reasons for raising more legume hay 

 throughout the United States, no matter whether alfalfa, 

 soy beans or cowpeas, whatever hay is best adapted to the 

 particular locality in which you live, raise more legume 

 hay, which will not only net return from our farms but 

 will aid in building up and increasing the greatest returns 

 from our farms, and will result in more progressive agri- 

 culture. (Applause.) 



