Feeding Farm Animals Principally In Reference To Dairy Cows

Author : Hugh G. Van Pelt
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230107684
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book How to Feed the Dairy Cow, by Hugh G. Van Pelt written by Hugh G. Van Pelt and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...finds protein feeds becoming higher in price, making the raising of legumes the more advisable. As an illustration of the feeding value of legumes, it may be said that most of them are nearly equal ton for ton to bran, which today is so well recognized as a standard foodstuff for farm animals that the demand can hardly be supplied, even though the price has continually raised until now it sells for from $22 to $29 per ton. Four tons of leguminous hay is not an exceptional annual yield for an acre, and compared with bran at prevailing prices the money value of a season's crop can easily be estimated. Add to the estimate the richness that has been added to the soil by the legumes having grown there, and every thoughtful dairyman will put forth his best efforts to grow one or more of these nitrogen-gathering plants in the future. No dairyman who does not make use of these plants in his farming and feeding operations is taking full advantage of the opportunities at his disposal. A combination of corn silage, leguminous hay and good cows is one that cannot be equaled otherwise. Nearly every state experiment station has performed experiments that have shown conclusively the value of these crops as compared with non-leguminous grasses. Although each year finds a great increase in the acreage of legumes grown in all parts of the United States, they are not being grown as largely as they should be, and millions of acres where timothy and non-leguminous grasses are now growing should be converted into protein-producing areas to furnish the balancing power for the carbonaceous grains, such as corn, barley, kafir corn and other crops, that are so largely and necessarily raised. The chief reason no doubt, that the nitrogen-gathering plants are not...