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Show 1 . ZZZZ: CORN" AS A FEED FOR COWS! 1 protein feeds, corn roust always bo used fs n part, though not all. of a ration for dairy cows. ! Corn also Is food for calves fed on slilm-mllk. slilm-mllk. since It supplies tho fat removed by the skimming of the mlllc Ground corn Is better than 0ilm.1l. l.ran or shorts, since-the since-the latter are rich and poor in the same constituents an.) much In the same proportion propor-tion as skim-milk. THE dairyman finds that corn has the Iarrent place of any of the farm crops in his business of milk production. Ot the two principal nutrients required by the dairy eow corn yields one in tho most whole-somo whole-somo form in the largest amount per ncre of any crop. This means that when milk production Is considered economically, corn and alfalfa must be recognized as constituting consti-tuting the main port of a cow's feed. They balance each other ns well as any other combination of two feeds. Owing to the fact that corn can he mado hito sllaxe. successfully to supplant tho need of pnen feed during the winter months thus s-tlmnla ting the flow of milk. It i of double value to tho dairyman. In this respect it lias no. equal. Whcro men have tried to produce milk on silatre. alone they have failed, as the eorn plant Is deficient In protein, pro-tein, so necessary for muscle building and for supplying nourishment to tho cell. Therefore alfalfa or a Mice feed must bo glen to furnish the protein. As a "tonic" corn ranks hlsli. and no matter what Investigation Inves-tigation may show as to tho superiority of |
