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Mr . Borman : "However, to suppiy those towns it re- 

 quires a different kind of dairying, a sort of specialized dairy- 

 ing and I have been talking from a general dairy standpoint be- 

 cause I believe that kind of business will generally tit more 

 farmers. 



With reference to ensilage and alfalfa and a complete feed, 

 we have hundreds of dairymen in Kansas today making their 

 complete winter rations of ensilage and alfalfa. I think it is a 

 pretty fair ration, but if it was mine I would feed some corn- 

 meal, also push this cow to the limit. You have a cow here to 

 yourself unless you give her all the feed she can consume. 



Another thing relative to this corn and cob meal. The 

 Kansas Experiment Station state that corn and cob meal fairly 

 ground is of equal feeding value of about equal weight of pure 

 ground corn, but not that there is nutrition in the cob, but be- 

 cause it the corn and for that reason 



makes it more digestible. 



We have thousands of farmers who have their sweet mills 

 and a boy can grind enough on Saturday to last a week. 



Kansas is the home of alfalfa. Alfalfa in silo alone, it. is 

 not worth the while. The alfalfa hay is so good outside ri<e silo 

 that there is no advantage in it. Alfalfa grows in this country; 

 get it on your farm as soon as you can. With corn chop 4, 6 or 

 8 pounds a day is a balanced ration. It is not the cheapest en- 

 silage. Don't feed 3^our corn in excess of the need for it; sell it 

 and buy corn meal. 



(Reporter left the room and did not get your closing re- 

 marks.) 



Q. — How about sweet clover? 



A: I have had no personal experience with sweet clover; 

 thousands of acres are used for pasture. All that I have seen is 

 too coarse when cut to make good hay. There is quite a little 

 waste; there are quite a lot of stems. 



O : How often did you cut alfalfa 



A : In central Kansas a yield of two tons for three cut- 

 tings will be a good yield. These are average conditions. 



