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Show Wheat Has Proved Value in Dairy Cow's Ration The boost in wheat prices may result in corn proving a more economical grain in the dairy ration than wheat, on some farms, according to C. L. Blackman, specialist in dairying in the department of animal husbandry at the Ohio State university. " If the price of wheat should go much higher than that of corn, he asserts, it will be good business to sell wheat and buy corn and save the balance. This, he believes, is a good time to watch prices of all kinds and vary the rations ra-tions according to the largest possible returns per dollar's worth ot feed. It has been found that when wheat displaces 300 pounds of corn and makes up 30 per cent of the dairy ration, ra-tion, about the same results are ob tained from the wheat as are obtained from the corn, if both rations are fed with alfalfa hay and corn silage. The cows gain a little more in body weight on the corn ration hut produce a little more butterfat on the wheat ration. |