Show SOY BEANS MAKE GOOD DAIRY FEED They rIley Are Very High in inDigestible inDigestible Digestible Nutrients Soy beans make malte a n very excellent high protein concentrate for dairy cat cat- tle tie Since they curry carry 10 per cent of ot fat they are also very high In total di digestible dl- dl g nutrients Investigations at atthe atthe atthe i the Purdue Pardue station show that soy beans benns are fully as ns valuable In the dairy ration ra ra- ration tion as linseed oil meal Some experiments have shown that h hsoy soy beans may not be palatable when fed o cr over a Iong long period of f time However However However How How- ever Investigators at th the Iowa station fed as ns high as ns four pounds per day dayto to dairy cattle over oyer a period of ot days and the cattle still sUII relished them These Investigators also found that soy say beans henns In these amounts were ere not unduly laxative Soy beans should be ground or cracked before feeding It Is la best or to grind only sufficient beans henns for Immedi immedi- Immediate ate use If It ground beans are left stor stored d I for any considerable time they will II become rancid It If difficulty Is experienced In g grindIng grinding grind grind- I Ing bea beans s this may ny be e obviated by s i mixing them first with corn or oats The amount of cracked soy soy beans or or I soy bean meal to use with corn and oats will depend upon pon the kind ind of dry roughage available a If It you have a good quality of alfalfa hay a ration composed composed composed com com- posed of pounds of corn and cob meal pounds of ground oats pounds po ns of wheat bran and pounds of soy bens will make It a very de desirable desirable de de- strahle ration I If clover hay Is available available available avail avail- able pounds of soy beans may be used to advantage In this mixture If It sued such poor quality roughage such as timothy my or corn stover Is used exclusively It will probably be well wen to use use BOO SOO pounds of soy beans and pounds of cotton seed meal along with the amounts of corn oats and bran suggested above Soy beans are a valuable fertilizer when wIlen plowed under However If It a n crop of hay Is taken off of first very little If any nitrogen Is added to the soil by this crop |