Show LEGUMES FOR A DAIRY FARM Dairyman Who Raises A Abundance of oft t Roughage Establishes Basis forI for I Economical Ration The dairyman who raises an abundance abundance dance of leguminous roughage establishes establishes I lishes a basis for an economical homegrown homegrown homegrown home home- homeI I grown ration which makes it unnecessary unnecessary sar sary for him to purchase rich protein-rich feeds Good properly cured hay from an any of the common legumes has a high percentage of digestible protein An acre of good alfalfa furnishes twice as much protein as a ton 0 of bran four tour times as much as a ton o of It corn meal and nine times as much D a aan os osan an acre of timothy When the ration consists of an abundance of s and goos good legume lla hay cows of mod mod- moderate crate erate production often require but little lit tle tie grain Cows which give more than that 25 or 30 pounds of milk daily dally require the addition of concentrates If hi high h production is to be maintained In view of the probable shortage ingrains In Ingrains grains all aU dairymen should make male ever every effort to provide an abundance of leguminous hay by growing legumes suitable to their soils solis and sections |