. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. 204 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE to the lbs. furnished by the ration, makes lbs. or approximately what is required. Features of the Previous Ration.—It is not usually de- sirable to feed as large a proportion of corn to dairy cows as is provided by this ration, as corn has a tendency to produce fat rather than milk. But when clover hay, which is rich in protein, is fed, a large proportion of corn or other non-nitrogenous grains may be used. When timothy,. Figure 90.—Mixing the grain feed consisting of 100 lbs. of bran and 400 lbs. of cornmeal.
. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. 204 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE to the lbs. furnished by the ration, makes lbs. or approximately what is required. Features of the Previous Ration.—It is not usually de- sirable to feed as large a proportion of corn to dairy cows as is provided by this ration, as corn has a tendency to produce fat rather than milk. But when clover hay, which is rich in protein, is fed, a large proportion of corn or other non-nitrogenous grains may be used. When timothy,. Figure 90.—Mixing the grain feed consisting of 100 lbs. of bran and 400 lbs. of cornmeal. corn stover or wild hay, which are deficient in protein, are fed for roughage, a larger amount of bran or other nitrog- enous grain would be required. Since clover can be grown as cheaply as any hay crop, it is advisable to provide plenty of well cured clover hay; for it makes possible the use of cheaper grain feeds, as corn and barley, instead of oats, bran and oil meal, which must be fed, if non-nitrogenous roughage is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wilson, Archie Dell, 1875- [from old catalog]; Wilson, E. W. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb publishing co.
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