Show H home ome grinding of feed versus custom grinding in many sections of the country farmers are purchasing their own grinding outfits and are no longer hauling arnin to the grist mill and then back home according to time immemorial custom it has been stated that a good cow will ent eat an average of 2000 pounds of grain per year perhaps halt half of this will be bran gluten etc material that does docs not require grinding the amount of home grown feed to grind tor for a 10 cow dairy therefore would be about pounds yearly add acid so 80 per cent for young stock etc and tile the form farm requirement for grinding would be pounds of grain yearly with a live five horse power motor the line dine required ired for this grinding would se e 20 minutes each week for a 20 cow farm 40 minutes weekly and so 60 01 0 up the tine line it would seem therefore that the time saved by home grinding would be an important item especially when we consider that with proper arrangements the grinding could be done while tile the operator goes on with other chores the cost of grinding at the custom mill Is usually 10 cents per hundredweight or 13 for a 10 cow far farm in and other sizes in pr portion |