Show HOMEGROWN HOME GROWN FEEDS ARE THE CHEAPEST corn and oats oata both home grown feeds are still the cheapest source of digestible nutrients and should be used as extensively as possible in the hie dal dairy ry ration this winter it Is pointed out b by C S rhode university of illinois unfortunately U these two feeds do not dot put enough protein into the ration unless the roughage that Is being fed Is 13 good legume hays only and consequently it Is necessary in most cases to buy some feed that Is high in protein to supplement lemont the corn and on oats at present prices gluten meal and cottonseed meal are the two cheapest feeds feed 3 for tills fit purpose when silage and legume hays are being fed as roughage a good grain mixture can be made of pounds of ground corn pounds of ground oats and pounds of ground soy beans another good grain mixture re for use with silage and legume hays bays can be made from BOO pounds pound s of ground corn pounds of ground oats 50 pounds of if cottonseed meal I 1 and 50 pounds of gluten meal roth both I 1 of these grain mixtures shou should id be fed idt t the rate of avs 2 pounds for each gallon of milk produced when no legumes are being fed the grain mixture should be made of pounds each of gluten meal ground corn ground oats and linseed oil meal another good grain mixture to use when v hen no legumes are being fed can be made from 10 pounds each of ground corn wheat bran and linseed oil meal and 50 pounds of cottonseed meal these two should be fed at the rate of 2 to 3 pounds of grain for each gallon galion of ellk ank produced when legume hays bays supply all the rong hages bages the grain mixture can be limited to pounds of ground corn and pounds of ground oats A second grain mixture that can be used when legume hays bays supply all the hages can be made from GOO pound of ground corn pounds of ground oats oata and pounds of linseed oil meal these two grain mixtures dould be fed at the rate of 3 to avs pounds or r each gallon of mill milk produced |