Show I I Alfalfa Is Superior I in Dairy Feed Tests Pi and Lime Ai Ale Aie e Need Need- Needed Needed Needed ed in Libel al Amounts Alfalfa hay hav contains about three times as much protein and about six times t as much lime as DS h t 13 according to chemical analyses says sars r an n B Meigs Iel of oC the bureau or of I dairying In United States tates Department of Agriculture Both Doth of oC these substances I are needed In liberal amounts by byI I grossing ro 10 and milk mill producing cattle Alfalfa Iny sa says s the department dairy Is far superior to I timothy l Iny uy for animals Dalr Dairy I cattle In several eral experiments hale ha l been fed for ce se enI scars cars with no other oth-er iced feed eed than alfalfa and andI alfalfa has ha and ha hale grown n well and andI en I I gisen hen yields of or milk I Other experiments have ha shown that the life and amid usefulness of oC cattle is not more than thun a year scar ear when fed ed onI on I an and concentrates and poor I roughage such as straw or upon gran and concentrates alone but ii d thy Illy cattle have hate thrived long periods on or of o and utes torn combined with Ith alfalfa or timothy hay of oC fairly good quality These The e trials raised ral e tile the question III ill dall laity daily y CO cows colts S do as well on ra rations tion of grain ind ad timothy as on rations of oC and gl grimn provided the tim timothi Is 19 fed with Ith a grim mixture high I In protein and supplemented ss with Ith a calcium salt alt I Further trials to an answer swu this tills question proved pro cd that cows fide he 15 5 toto to 40 to per cent more milk and ht fit on rations containing alfalfa than on rations containing timothy Iny |