Show T L SELL CORN HIGH HIGHTO TO DAIRY COWS It Is unusual or f for n a farmer to get n bushel for his corn In ht NorH Carolina but there Is a wa way to do It find and Tom Morrow ot of Iredel county I bas learned the method Grind It iota Inte meat meal and teed feed the meal along with other grown home grains to dairy cat tie It takes good cows on a good pas I tare ture to pay such returns but the records rec- rec or s kept on Mr Morrows Morrow's herd by bythe bythe the tester of If the Co association show this to be a fact I says John A. A Arey dairy extension at the North Carolina State college An individual record Is kept ot of every ery cow In Mr r. r Morrows Morrow's herd DurIng May lar the eleven cows compos ing this herd produced n 1 pounds ot of butterfat which sold for 42 cents a pound and Li brought III hi Lh skIm milk mUk left on the farm after the cream crum was sold had a tee feed value of 2957 2951 making the total Income amount to Mr Arey states that these eleven cows were fed 2269 GD pounds ot of a homegrown home home- grown grain mixture ma nude e by mixing together pounds of corn meat mul IOU pounds ot of cottonseed meal and pounds of crushed oats which was valued at 46 a ton or 5 1 for the amount fed The animals also co oat straw valued at mid and were grazed on a grass and clover er pasture for which a charge of 2 per head hend was made The total f feed ed bill was was th thus s leaving a net Income ot of On this basis states Mr Arey the cows paid 9 1 each for their pus pus- ture The cows consumed bushels bush bush- els cIs ot of corn In the form of meal and allowing all charges for the teed teed- stuffs the animals paid a bushel for tor the corn ThIs does not take into account the manure left on the tho place Therefore states Mr Arey tile the man who has cows above e the average It a good pasture and wIll grow hIs hay bay and graIn mixtures at home can an make malie money selling cream The dairy cow cov In his opinion n Is one of the very ery best markets for tor tile the surplus feedstuffs produced pro pro- on the average farm |