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Show ROOT CROPS FOR DAIRY COW Make Valuable Addition to Winter Rations Ra-tions Because They Add to Variety Va-riety of Feed. No matter what some people tell you, turnips and other roots make fine milk producing feed. Turnips will not affect the flavor of milk if fed at the right time. If turnips are fed in large quantities quanti-ties and two or three hours before milking, they are likely to give the milk an unpleasant taste, but if fed directly after milking no flavor whatever what-ever will be noticed. A peck of turnips to each animal per day is sufficient In most cases. A good plan is to feed directly after hay In the early morning, and once a day Is often enough. A little salt scattered over the turnips, which should be chopped in quarters or smaller, add to their palatability. Roots make very valuable addition to the winter ration because they add to the variety of the feed and no animal ani-mal on the farm appreciates variety more than the dairy cow. In Wisconsin, Iowa and other western west-ern dairy states the root crop is becoming be-coming a very important part of the crop of the farm. |