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A Dairy Feed Problem 
Are Farmers Paying Too Much for Their Credit? 
The whale question of buying dairy feed 
is so important that we feel sure you will be 
much interested in reading the following 
correspondence between a prominent feed 
■manufacturer and a member of the teaching 
staff of an agricultural college. We are 
glad to pass on to you the sensible facts stated 
in these letters. — The Editors. 
The Feed Manufacturer’s Letter 
HE writer has observed with a great 
deal of uneasiness that for some time 
farm papers have been publishing articles 
that would have a tendency to create an 
antagonistic feeling between the farmer 
and the local feed dealer. On the other 
hand the feed dealers and feed manufac¬ 
turers, in their meetings and in their 
leriodicals, were constantly roasting the 
armer. We think this is all wrong. 
Tlic feed dealer should certainly be the 
riend of the farmer. He should conduct 
lis business efficiently and strive all the 
ime to get his goods to the farmer at the 
owest possible cost. On the other hand, 
re believe thtt the farmer should make a 
riend of the feed dealer and talk over his 
jroblems with the feed dealer who could 
ie of great assistance to him. 
We believe that the difference between 
hem has largely come about by the 
armer asking and securing services which 
ie should not ask for and does not need, 
n the uny of credits and deliveries, and that 
e has been lead to believe that he secured 
his service FOR NOTHING, when the 
acts are, this is not true. 
Exorbitant Credit 
It is quite customary among local feed 
ealers who make a distinction between 
ash and credit to allow five cents per bag 
ff the price if cash is paid. Now if a 
armer buys, say ten bags of feed a 
nonth, paying $1.55 for it and has it 
harged when he could secure it for 
1.50 by paying cash, if he pays his feed 
ill each month he is paying $6.00 inter- 
stjper year on $15.50, or almost 40% 
hen he could go to the bank and bor- 
ow it at 6%. 
We readily admit that the feed dealer 
lat charges a customer just as much 
hen the customer pays cash and hauls his 
wn goods as he does the farmer to whom 
e extends credit and to whom he makes 
elivery, should not be in business, and 
1 of the association work of feed dealers 
nd feed manufacturers is now directed 
ward educating the local feed dealer 
> make a lower price for cash and no 
elivery than he does when credit is 
itended and delivery made. 
We believe that if the feed dealer and 
anufacturer could be brought to realize 
lat while the agricultural colleges and 
ounty Agents are primarily interested in 
ie farmer, that they are not antagonistic 
i the feed dealer and if the feed dealers, 
rough their association, would quit 
mining the county agent and the Agri- 
iltural Colleges, and express a willing- 
:ss to work w ith them, that better con- 
tions would prevail. 
On the other hand, if farm papers, some 
en connected with agricultural colleges 
id some men soliciting for cooperative 
sociations would take a broader view 
the situation and take into considera- 
311 that the farmer who secures credit 
id has his goods delivered, must pay for 
lem, better conditions would come about. 
As one manufacturer, we wish to go on 
cord as commending the action of any 
an that is directing his efforts to bring 
•out a better feeling between the mer- 
iant and the feeder. 
* * * 
The College Man’s Answer 
ENTIRELY aside from the article in 
u question, it seems to me that J. G. T. 
' s summarized in a very effective way 
e present situation as it concerns both 
e d dealers and farmers. This antago- 
stn ls a ll wrong. We should rather strive 
"ork out plans by which farmers and 
dealers may work together better to their 
mutual advantage. 
It seems to me that in some measure at 
least, local feed dealers are to blame for 
the present situation. Any feed dealer 
who does not give a discount for cash is 
encouraging credit. If a cash customer 
does not get a discount for cash, he is 
helping to pay the costs of credit extended 
to others and may well inquire why he 
should not get this service,(since he is pay¬ 
ing for it. The cooperative feed stores 
are having their difficulties with this 
credit problem. They were all organized 
to do business on a cash basis and their 
margins are fixed with this in view. In 
many cases, however, they are actually 
doing a credit business on a cash margin 
and this will eventually lead to disaster. 
After all, each should be working to¬ 
gether instead of against each other. If 
a feed, dealer is to prosper, he must organ¬ 
ize his business on an efficient basis. 
HOW I FEED CORN STOVER 
TO DAIRY COWS IN 
THE WINTER 
David Mayeroff 
TA UR IN G the winter months, the milk- 
ing cow must have better care than 
at any other time of the year. There are 
many reasons to consider. The winter 
quarters must be in good condition, well 
ventilated and kept clean, dry and warm. 
Second, for feeding ^the cow silage is con¬ 
sidered the best roughage that can be had. 
There are many small dairymen who are 
without silos, therefore, they can obtain 
good results by adding a little more work. 
No doubt there are many ways of feed¬ 
ing without silage, but I am giving below 
one way I have tried out for three years 
and found satisfactory. 
Most every farmer grows fodder corn 
for his cows. I used to cut up the corn 
stalks from one-half to one inch long. 
Then I took two half-barrels or tubs, 
water tight, and after filling them with 
this fodder corn cut up, added salt and 
several pails of boiling hot water, con¬ 
tinuing until the water completely cover¬ 
ed the stalks. Cover these tubs with 
bran sacks or blankets. For night feeding, 
prepare the tubs in the morning and this 
will allow seven or eight hours for the 
fodder corn to absorb the salty water 
which has a tendency to soften the stalks 
and make them more easily digested by 
the stock. 
Feed about one bushel of these cut up 
stalks to each milking cow. Sprinkle over 
each basketful, after placing in the cow’s 
manger, grain according to quantity of 
milk each cow gives. 
k Cows Consume All 
If corn stalks are fed to a cow dry there 
is a lot of waste, as she will only eat the 
leaves. From my experience with the 
feeding given above I have found that 
the stock will eat it all and the result will 
be a large increase in milk and a saving 
in hay. 
Now we will turn our attention to 
watering the cow. All animals require 
pure water and plenty of it. Water?con¬ 
stitutes more than three-fourths of the 
total volume of milk. In the winter, when 
cows are stabled a greater part of the 
time, they should be watered two or three 
times a day if possible unless arrange¬ 
ments have been made to keep water 
before them all the time. The temperature 
of the water should be about 15 or 20 
degrees above the freezing point, adding 
hot water if necessary to bring it to the 
right temperature. 
The above feeding and watering direc¬ 
tions were applied to my small herd as 
well as when it was increased to 20 milk¬ 
ing cows. 
Your paper contains some of the most 
valuable articles I have ever read.— 
D. H., N. J. 
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