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Show WHEAT BRAN COMES HIGH. There is no doubt that wheat bran is one of the best feeds that can be used to produce a largo flow of milk, yot, at present prices, around $30 per ton, It Is about the most expensive feeder tho dairyman can use. One pound of cottonseed meal has a feeding value equal to one-and-a-half pounds of wheat bran, but of course It will not do to replace 'tho I meal with bran, I Cowpca hay has a value almost ! equal to that of bran, tho exact ratio ' being 1300 pounds of bran to 2000 pounds of haj Many feeders believe that alfalfa is' fully equal to bran pound for pound and If the bran has to bo bought In tho open market tho value of alfalfa Is certainly greater, because the growing grow-ing of alfalfa or any other good crop always Improves the land while feed brought in from tho outside only adds Its manurlal value to the soil. Farmors In the south can hardly afford to buy bran, being so far from i the big markots the price Is generally high from ?2o to $30 per ton. In any country where feed Is high every effort should be inadc to grow every pound of feed possible upon the land Itsolf. Southern farmors aro hntrln- nlng to appreciate the'valuo of this practice and more stock feed is being grown In that country than ever bc-fo're. bc-fo're. Whllo It Is a gratifying fact also, that more livestock Is being Taised. there Is no doubt that the nmount of stock food per head that Is grown on southern farms Js steadily Increasing. Cottonseed meal Is a favorite feed for the cows In tho soutji and a good many farmers food too much of It. If triey would grow more cowpeas. heavy vetch, clover and alfalfa and buy less prepared feeds, tholr profits would be larger and their soli greatly improved. I A farmer expects good workmanship workman-ship from the blacksmith and the carpenter car-penter but Is content to slouch along without having learned his own business. busi-ness. , |