. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 22 BULLETIN 501, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The question of providing feed is different on each of the two gen- eral types of farms that maintain dairy cows. Just how near the speciaUzed dairyman should come to growmg all the feed required hy his dairy herd is a question of individual business management.^ One man may find it most profitable to grow aU the feed required, while another may mcrease his profits by supplementing the income from cows with crop sales and purchase a part of the feed. In
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 22 BULLETIN 501, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The question of providing feed is different on each of the two gen- eral types of farms that maintain dairy cows. Just how near the speciaUzed dairyman should come to growmg all the feed required hy his dairy herd is a question of individual business management.^ One man may find it most profitable to grow aU the feed required, while another may mcrease his profits by supplementing the income from cows with crop sales and purchase a part of the feed. In a few locaUties in the United States crops may be selected that will not only yield a product for which there is ready sale at good prices, but also leave on the farm much feedable material. Sweet corn is an example of this Fig. 5.—a silo is usually a profitable investment in connection with the feeding of dairy cows. As a matter of fact, there was a wide variation on the four farms studied as to the practice of growing or buymg the feed. On the Wisconsm farm concentrates were purchased in addition to feeding all the crops raised. The practice on the Michigan farm was similar in this respect to the Wisconsin farm, except that more feed was purchased, owmg to the absence of sufficient pasture. On the other hand, the practice on the Pennsylvania farm was to sell wheat and thnothy and to buy some concentrates. No roughage was sold from the North Carolma farm, where cotton and tobacco were miportant cash crops. The dairy cow ration was completed with purchased feeds. iSeed, p. 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , Govt. Print. Off.
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