. The cow makes farming more profitable ... Dairying. s 8-10 EED FOR THE DAIRY COW—GROW ALL OF IT YOU CAN—With few exceptions, any dairy farm located within the Corn Belt, will produce all the rufage and the greater part of the con- centrates needed for the dairy herd. Growing the necessary feeding stuffs may in- crease the farm labor, but in the end will pay the farmer a hand- some profit for his work. Corn and sorghums can be grown over a large portion of the United States, These crops furnish both con- centrates and roughage. Alfa'fa and red clover can be grown on nearly every farm in the n
. The cow makes farming more profitable ... Dairying. s 8-10 EED FOR THE DAIRY COW—GROW ALL OF IT YOU CAN—With few exceptions, any dairy farm located within the Corn Belt, will produce all the rufage and the greater part of the con- centrates needed for the dairy herd. Growing the necessary feeding stuffs may in- crease the farm labor, but in the end will pay the farmer a hand- some profit for his work. Corn and sorghums can be grown over a large portion of the United States, These crops furnish both con- centrates and roughage. Alfa'fa and red clover can be grown on nearly every farm in the northern Corn Belt, while cowpeas, soy beans, lespedeza, velvet beans, and bur clover are adapted to the cotton belt states. These crops furnish the protein feeds. Silage, stock beets, turnips, sorghums, etc., are excellent suc- culent feeds. Every farmer should grow on the farm, as nearly as possible, the crops which will furnish a balanced ration for his stock. (See page 36 for feeding rations for the dairy cow.) FEED FOR THE DAIRY COW GROW ALL OF IT YOU CAN HAY LBS ALFALFA CLOVER COW PEAS SOY BEANS TIMOTHY RED TOP PRAIRIE HAY GRAIN CORN KAFIR OATS BARLEY BRAN 4- COTN SEED MEAL GLUTEN FEEDS I- JUICY FEEDS SILAGE SORGHUM ROOTS RUFAGE CORN FODDER CORN STAUS STRAW. Don't Feed Timothy To Dairy Cows To profitably feed dairy cows the feeder must have a know- ledge of what the cow requires and feed that which will best meet her requirements. Much has been written about feeding balanced rations, but in spite of this the balanced ration is very much misunderstood. Many farmers imagine that it is something new-fangled and 33. 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 Holden, P. G. (Perry Greeley), 1865-1959, comp. and ed; Carroll, C. M. , joint comp. and ed. Chicago, International Harvester Company of New J
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