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Show m . , , , . I Agr. College" Notes. H The Animal Industry department uji- H " slur l'rof. Cl.trW's direction bus coin- -jlcteil eoino very IntorcstltiK uxpori- 1 -' moats on the value of different feeds K and tho cost of producing daily pro. H duels. KspfCinllv has it been deuion- ij . istmled that tho net protlt from dairy B v cows, if properly bandied, Is very Inure. . Duller fat can bo produced, on n merago of twelve months, for eleven ti tweh'e cents per pound, and nudri such conditions n pood dairy cow, 1 prdperly cared for, will return two dob tsrs for every one dollar of feed consumed A ton of good lilrurn hay fed to .(ood cows Is north from seven to idnedollso ptr ton; " aero of nood land if handled in lht tliilit way for grailue cons will yield from lorly to fifty dollars per acre, rhcrp ie, however, a tail dlfircme li iiiwe. I.sst year tho best cow undn experiment at the College bsrui gave t net prolll of 15U.5!!, while tbi poorest ave a yhdd of JlS.iW. Three yeais no the Experiuisnl Station fed a bunch nl plbsrs for 107 dnji. The larcest net piuHi, fS 78 per head for the 107 dsyi, was from steers fed on beet pulp and luctrn hay. Some of the cattle- weie fd heavily on grain, others were fed much less grain. It wis found that the Utter bunch save ths greater net profit. "Beet pulp, by experiment, experi-ment, has proved to be a good food for cattle, sheep, and swine, and hss been successfully fed to homes. Bee,ls should ba sold to the factory and, whenever possible, iho pulp from tbtni fed to the farm animals, Luccru laud, under experiment for urnzinir yoiui iiuks, produced about thirty-live dollars per acre. |