. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 23, 191C. A GOOD RATION FOR DAIRY COWS. A dairyman who has studied the question of profitable rations says the greatest success he has ever had in his dairy was when he fed a ration about as follows: Once a day good al- falfa, all to be eaten up clean, and this in the morning. In the afternoon, cut corn fodder, with the ears left in, all that will be eaten up clean. This lat- ter would be cut green, just before the first frost, shocked in medium-sized shocks in the field and left there till wanted. It would then be h
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 23, 191C. A GOOD RATION FOR DAIRY COWS. A dairyman who has studied the question of profitable rations says the greatest success he has ever had in his dairy was when he fed a ration about as follows: Once a day good al- falfa, all to be eaten up clean, and this in the morning. In the afternoon, cut corn fodder, with the ears left in, all that will be eaten up clean. This lat- ter would be cut green, just before the first frost, shocked in medium-sized shocks in the field and left there till wanted. It would then be hauled to a cutting machine and cut as needed in about three-quarter inch lengths, and when fed properly every bit of stalk, cob and all will be eaten. Thsn with this was fed about 20 to 30 pounds of mangel-wurzels, put through a root cutter, and to the heaviest milkers from four to eight pounds of wheat bran. Now, note these feeds. Alfalfa, a cheap source of protein or flesh-form- ing elements! the corn fodder, carry- ing a good quantity of fairly well ma- tured ears, a cheap source of carbo- hydrates, or starch and sugar; and the mangel-wurzel, a cheap succulent feed, that though not rich in nutriments, is a wonderful aid to the perfect diges- tion of the other feeds. These three feeds are the cheapest for the dairy cow that can be produced. Although one is not in a corn grow- ing State, a little experience only is necessary in order to produce from the same varieties a very high class & E^P ^^ Registered Trade Mark % ^\ JB^ '^SPAVIN CURE % \ Fifteen Years' Success, a Signed Contract and Evidence That Is Honest to the Core Will Convince. Send for Book on All Lameness and Copy of Contract. FAIRVIEW STOCK FARM. R. C. McMillan, Prop. BREEDER IMPROVED CLYDESDALE HORSES and Aberdeen Aogms Cattle. HEBRON, Ind., June 6, 1910. Troy Chemical Cc>., Binghamton, X. Y.: Enclosed § for one bottle Save-the-Horse. Send this to my brother, A. C. McMillan, Hebron, Ind. A friend of m
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