Show M it INCREASE PROFITS BY GROWING FEED the dairy farmer who can raise all or a big proportion of the feed for his big dairy cows has a distinct advantage over the dairyman who has to purchase his feed accor according olang to prof J B pitch head of the dairy department at the kansas state agricultural college ills ilia feed will be cheaper giving ilia bilm greater profits on ills hla milk products and he be has haa the chance of getting market prices for tits hla surplus feed alfalfa la Is the best hay for dairy cattle professor fitch stated in sections where alfalfa cannot be grown sweet clover Is being used to great advantage soy beans and cowpeas are being used in sonic some sections sect tons both its as a hay crop and protein substitute corn or cane silage la is the best beat and cheapest feed with which to but supplement pleni ent legume liay hay As to the use of corn cane or kafar as a silage crop professor fitch recommends the one which will give the largest yield with the greatest degree of certainty cc for higher production it la Is necessary to use grain in addition to the bulky feeds kansas produces corn oats barley kafar cane and wheat all of which may be used in a dairy ration uran bran Is another popular concentrated cent rated feed because of the large amount of wheat milled linseed oil weal meal and cottonseed cotton seed meal are both used as concentrated protein tor for high producers the natural pasture crops the use of wheat and rye for pasture la is very extensive sweet clover and s grass both of which are relatively a ta vely new have also become very popular as pasture for dairy cattle |