Show a 4 0 aw 0 GOOD LEGUME HAY VERY ESSENTIAL soy beans can be used in emergency for cows legume hay Is practically a feces sty ty lu in producing milk at the loli lowest cst possible cost asserts C L mackin n extension specialist in d ilola f r tl e ohio state university an I 1 the dairy farmer ft inho ho fears that he will nill run short of closer cloer or alfalfa hay for hai leid need not be without vilt hout a gool le legume ume hay sov sol be ns Ds ean be used ud in n nn an emer dency to sul ply tl tie e necess iry legume in 1113 blackman if if tl ti e beans be ins are soiled sowed early in june or immedi atela after corn planting they will us lally be reidy to cut the latter part of august it Is important that they tl ey be sown early in order to be ready for cutting at this time soy beans sowed too late and cut too late may provide eitl er a poor qu quilley jiffy of tny or none at all tl ey mal mat e hay which Is sum clentry valuable to justify the dairy farmer in arranging his firm f irin work so as to sow them when they should be sown sovin soy sor bein bean hay Is one of the most palatable hays for dairy cattle and Is practically equal in feeding value to alfalfa alich wl ich Is tl tie e perfect hay for the dairy herd the soy bean hay carries approximately the same amount of protein and mineral mat ter as alfalfa but cows do not eat it up quite as cleanly as they eat up because of the coarser stems farly so soling v ing and cutting reduce the amount of waste due to this many dairymen fail to balance their rations many stock keepers fall fail to b dance beir tf air rations ration q because they feel it ne net espiry to feed what tl ey hate little at ban hani I 1 r r example A tarn farn er may hive e a large supply cupi ly of alfilda or clover and anoni knowin in tl at tl tt Is Is an excellent feel fee I 1 emeel illy for dalry stock he will feed too i itch ch protein which will result 11 a loss of feed as its well as its pio production it il it ly woul I 1 pay I 1 iro lm verv very well to sell some of his alfalfa an I 1 buy corn or barlev barley on the other it ind I 1 e anny have haie a large sui sul ply of liz tin i thy chiy hiv corn sidge and corn and his ri lions w lack lak protein ns its well nell as minerals foi for in our protein feeds we lie gene generalli I 1 iv tie e a high per cent of min berils and vitamins itai I 1 11 I 1 ere are many feeds in ta tie e for fairn in of f nse grains or mill stuff nn tin I 1 in any state or county they generally can I 1 ie e I 1 romuld in qu trill ties and at I 1 w enough prices to war liar lant ant profitable profit profi ible tible production of stock and stock pro I 1 jets cut but to ol 01 ti it in re suits it is necessity necess iry to give glie the in imil a h bil uince ane as to protein and car bol hydrates ibis also ai al piles plies to min berils e r its dairy hints tl TI e effects of scant in sum mer last fir vir into the winter tl TI ere are no known cures for abor lion but there are fire pre prec cauti autt ns the price of butterfat Is abw avs est in fall winter and early spring cream can be more easily ant an 1 more economically I 1 candled in the cooler ni v en eather th er t feeding good cows Is more profit able than feed feeding ln poor ones cull out the boarder animals 0 0 butterfat production depends upon the inherited producing qualities of tl e cow the kind and amount of feed and the care and given glen the cow 0 there are many excellent commer cial mixed pr lein feeds on the mar ket iet which have the advantage over oler inzle protein concentrates like the tin seed meal meat cottonseed meil me il gluten feed etc the value of feeding dairy cows well during tl it e summer iannot c be meas ared entirely in the milk milt production at that time 1 1 I he better care h his is a beneficial effect blat lasts over into the winter if irrer following loning fol when i 1 rices rles of dairy products are low it Is a goo gool I 1 time to put the herd on a more effi efficient clent basis of prodoc tion cutting down the feed ii not considered economy culling out inferior co COTS vs Is a profitable practice |