Show MARM TOPICS lipics production COSTS ARE DAIRY BUGABOO proper choice of feeds resu results its in saving isy by it II 11 II RUFFNER low production costs ore are essential for profitable dairying g as for any other business and ti the ic ability to choose and use feeds properly helps m materially ateria lly to reduce costs according to the animal husbandry an and d dairying department 0 north carolina aroc state college live stock farmers should take a a tip from the automobile industry which has lowered production costs by tit at least 25 per cent in the tha past 20 years thereby making cars adall available to millions of americans dairymen can reduce the cost of their products and make them available to more people by studying th the e advantages and limitations of feeds and their relative values A wide variety of satisfactory feeds are available for dairymen to choose the combinations which aro arc most and economical in balanced rations among the low protein or carbohydrate feeds are corn mealo meal ground threshed grain sorghums sorg hums ground or rolled barley hominy teed feed ground wheat or ground rough rice about one fifth to one fourth more of the following bulkier feeds should be used wh when enthey they aro substituted in the ration ground ear car corn with shuck ground grain sorghum heads and corn and cob meal excellent feeds that give best results when they make up one fourth to one third of the total ration tire are ground oats wheat bran rice bran and alfalfa meal or other good quality legume hays that have been finely ground these may bo be used interchangeably ter in dairy mixtures |