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American Agriculturist, February 10,1923 
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What Makes Milk? 
Leguminous Hay — Our Own Best Bet 
R ecently i re- By h. e. 
ported for the 
American Agriculturist the results of a 
feeding test on one of our farms last 
year where we fed a 20 per cent pro¬ 
tein-grain ration in comparison with a 
24 per cent ration. The cows in this 
test were all fed fine clover and alfalfa 
hay, and as those who read the article 
will recall, the cows on the 20 per cent 
ration gave as much milk during a 60- 
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Having made such a saving from 
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BABCOCK about equally good pro¬ 
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to all of them was practically the same; 
the methods of handling the cows quite 
different. I have already drawn some 
conclusions on the feeding of the Hol¬ 
stein, which I think will result in 
cheaper milk production. I may re¬ 
port it later. In the meantime I would 
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turist readers who have practical sug¬ 
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RAILWAY ASSOCIATION, I 
from good clover and alfalfa hay. Let 
me say right here that I have a strong 
suspicion that we as dairy farmers 
have been led to think of the problem 
of milk production almost entirely in 
terms of purchased concentrates, and 
by so doing we have neglected our own 
best bet—the leguminous hay that we 
can grow on our own farms. 
As yet, I must admit, we have no 
very definite evidence with which to 
support my position, but as a beginning 
1 have made a little study of what our 
cows are actually eating and how they 
are producing, which I am putting 
down here for what it is worth. I will 
let those who read it draw their own 
conclusions, while I am drawing mine. 
To get at the problem, the other day 
'^hen I had a few moments time, I 
'weighed-up the feed that three different 
cows were eating a day. These feed 
weights, together with the milk weights 
and a description of the cow follows: 
King Belle’s Baldeen, purebred 
Guernsey, 5 years old, fresh 6 weeks. 
Milked and fed four times a day, on 
A. R. test. Day’s production 73.9 lbs. 
Grain consumed, 18 lbs.; beet pulp and 
bran mixed fifty-fifty, 6 lbs.’; molasses, 
2 lbs.; cabbage, 36 lbs.; silage, 20 lbs.; 
second cutting alfalfa hay, 10 lbs. Total 
feed, 92 lbs. 
King’s Mayflower, purebred Guern¬ 
sey, 414 years old, fresh 5 weeks. 
Milked and fed twice a day. Day’s pro¬ 
duction 35 lbs. Grain consumed, 15 
lbs.; silage, 25 lbs.; second cutting al¬ 
falfa hay, 16 lbs. Total feed, 56 lbs. 
Jennie, grade Holstein, 8 years old, 
fresh 6 weeks. Milked and fed three 
times a day. Day’s production 63 lbs. 
Grain consumed, 15 lbs.; beet pulp, 214 
lbs.; molasses, 1 lb.; silage, 51 lbs.; 
second cutting alfalfa hay, 12 lbs. 
Total feed, 81 lbs. 
As soon as I got my figures together 
as presented above, I was struck with 
one point which seemed to stand out 
like a sore thumb. With a range in 
production of from 35 to 73.9 lbs. there 
was a range in amount of grain fed of 
hut 3 lbs. In my judgment the cows are 
loyalty has been manifested in most 
parts of the territory. Men are doing 
a great deal of thinking these days, and 
it would seem that the more they think 
the more sure most men are that the 
only fair thing, the only reasonable 
thing to do is to hold true to the pool¬ 
ing method of marketing milk. 
President Vincent, of the Broome 
County Dairymen’s League, could not 
have given better advice on withdraw¬ 
ing from that organization than he did 
at the recent meeting held in Bingham¬ 
ton. “Think it all through to the end,” 
he said. “Then if you do really believe 
that it is for your best interest and the 
best good of us all that you withdraw, 
then do so. But I believe that if you do 
thoughtfully and carefully think things 
through, you will see that your best 
good will be served by staying with the 
organization.’’ 
Some Good Coming from It 
One good thing is coming from the 
agitation of the pooling and the non¬ 
pooling question. Men are learning to 
think for themselves as they have not 
lately done on any subject which has 
been presented to them. They are at¬ 
tending meetings where reliable men 
speak; they are reading everything 
they can get, and acquainting them¬ 
selves with all phases of this important 
matter. Where in the beginning few 
understood the real meaning of the 
pooling system, now practically every 
farmer has a clear and definite idea of 
the advantages such a cooperative work 
affords. 
Still another favorable result is be¬ 
ing gained. Men have more faith in 
each other. More and more the spirit 
of animosity that for a time seemed to 
prevail on the part of some poolers 
and non-poolers toward one another is 
passing away. This is right. After 
all, it is a matter of business with us 
all. We cannot all look at any subject 
exactly alike. The best thing, the right 
thing, is to appreciate the fact that 
farmers never are so strong as when 
they stand together—get together and 
