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Show U.S. A. C.News Notes Dairy Cows Need Succulence In Winter Numerous scientific trials and experiments ex-periments have demonstrated the value val-ue of adding succulent feeds to the rations of dairy cows when on Winter Win-ter rations. These include corn silage, sil-age, beets, mangels, carrots, or potatoes po-tatoes in our county. Because of greater 'yield in pounds of butterfat, beef, lamb, etc., and more convenient (.storage possibilities, possibilit-ies, corn silage would naturally take the lead, with mangels, carrots, beets, and potatoes following in order, in our county. The benificial effects of the addition add-ition of any of these feeds are numerous, num-erous, according to animal nutritionists, nutrition-ists, and experiences of our own feeders. feed-ers. Just as the human appetite is stimulated by fruits and green vegetables, veg-etables, no is the bovine appitits stimulated by succulence, which induces in-duces the cow to eat more feed; consequently, con-sequently, more milk is produced. It is reasonable to believe that these palatable feeds stimulate digestion also, and it is known that their laxa-! laxa-! tive action aids greatly in keeping the digestive tract in good condition, j Professor Caine, of the U. S. A. C. I recommends the feeding of potatoe-to potatoe-to dairy animals. The chemical analysis an-alysis of potatoes shows that they have a higher percentage of dry mat-I mat-I ter and total digestible nutrients than j any of the other succulent feeds al-I al-I ready mentioned, but they are slightly slight-ly lower in protien than sugar beets. When potatoes are fed with alfalfa, . the protien factor need not be ser-j ser-j iously considered as there is usually plenty in the rations. Potatoes shou- Id be chopped, as the round, whole j tubers may choke the cows. They may be fed in quantities of from 15 ! to 25 pounds a day. j Farm Debt Relief j Refinancing of farm debts at low- el- rates of iiiten :tt i- al io provided fill-. 'F:il'llielM intern: fed fi this pha.-.e of the act should e;et in touch with the neiire.-.t federal land bank, local farm loan assieiittion or county a pent. Ins! ructions as to course of pro-redurc pro-redurc have not yet been received at I he local office, but probably will lie as soon as tlie secretary of agriculture ag-riculture has decided on a defina'.e policy to purse. |