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Show SUCCULENT FOOD FOR COWS I r New-Grown Grsss Is Better for Milk Production Than Dry Feeds Given During Winter Season. (ftr T. U IIAKCKFft ) We know that cows usually give th largest amount of milk when they are 90 good pasture. Their chief feed Is. then, new grown grsss. This would lndlrste that auch feed Is better for milk production than are the dry feeds j fed in winter. Green feed Is more ' easily digested than I:, dry. coarse fodder, fod-der, such as hay, fodder corn, and rrn stover. Moreover, less energy Is ! required to digest It. It tends to keep the body and digestive system in better bet-ter condition, and it sTTrnulatea the ! appetite. In the w -ter. when vegeta-bles vegeta-bles are scarce and we eat poutos, bresd and meat for a long time, we become be-come tired of them, and crave something some-thing succulent like fruit or green vegetsbles. In well-regulated homes, ' such food is supplied by canned or J fresh vegetables an1 fruits. The larrel of apple In the cellar Is not especially valuable from the stand-o stand-o point of the amount of nourishment n? contained. The great value of ths nl apples Is due to te fact that they aid rt- In toning up the whole system and aat ,n Ify the craving for something succu-o succu-o lent In like msnner It pays to supply the live stock on 'be farm with something some-thing to take the place of the green ration they get In summer. The w hoi ration need not be of a aucculenl 'B- material but that a portion of It should be such i. suite essential Ui ! best resul' Just is an apple or tws each day la good for a toy or girl, M I mi few pounds each day or succu . lent feed, such aa roots or silage, good I (or farm animal |