Show saleby growing legumes at home production costs lowered without bad effects on rations by C I 1 BLACKMAN dairying extension specialist ohio state university low prices paid for milk and cream at the farm make it more than ever necessary to reduce production costs one sure way to cut costs Is to grow more legume hays legume hays bays are far more valuable than corn stover straw or nan non legume hays bays because they are more palatable and are relatively richer in protein and lime when low protein hages bages are fed it Is necessary to balance the ration by the purchase of large amounts of high protein factory by products such as cottonseed meal oil meal etc which usually are high in price the usual recommendation Is to feed a grain ration carrying to J 17 to IS 18 per cent of digestible s protein with timot timothy by with IL legume hay bay 13 19 to 14 pr per cent of bro protein in the grain ration Is sufficient A 17 per cent grain ration contains about 33 per cent of nigh high protein feed A 12 to 14 per cent ration which Is adopted to legume hay bay only heed beed contain from 15 to 20 per laer cent of high protein concentrates so a direct saving in ili cash outlay Js Is made by bi growing legumes at home |