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POSITIONS! POSITIONS! POSITIONS! Peace, Prosperity and Opportunity are NOW here. New . CORPORAT IONS and Business Concerns are being organized daily. Big business every where is llamoring for efficient Office Clerks, Stenographers, and Typists at ALLURING SALARIES. Meet Opportunity half-way-prepare NOW, for this ERA of BUSINESS EXPANSION, growth and prosperity; the greatest in the history of this country. Our Courses of Study have a National Reputation for superiority and our Employment Department secures positions for all students, as soon as they are competent. Write today, and arrange for entrance at an early date. DRAUGHON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE National Reputation. "Largest Bezause Best." Columbia, S. C. Are You Open- Minded? The average American is open-minded. American business is con ducted by true Americans of vision, open-minded men who believe in their country and strive to meet their country's needs. The men in the packing industry K are no exception to the rule. The business of Swift & Company has grown as the na tion has progressed. Its affairs have been conducted honorably, efficiently, and economically, re ducing the margin between the cost of live stock and the selling price of dressed meat, until today the profit is only a fraction of a cent a pound-too small to have any noticeable effect on prices. The packing industry is a big, vital industry-one of the most important-in the country. Do you understand it ? Swift & Company presents facts in the advertisements that appear in this paper. They are addressed to every open-minded person in the country. * The booklet of preceding chapters in this story of the packing industry, will be mailed - on request to Swift & Company Union Stock Yards - - Chicago, Illinois Swift & Company US.A. ~:New Shipment - of Mules. i I have in mir stable a fresh .$ *shipment of good mules. $4 They are all well broke and 9. anxious to find good homes. *4 ** Give them a chance to show +: :their patriotism by helping you $ ~,make better crops. +I'll find a home for that old . plug. It has DONE it's bit. + W. L. Kirkpatrick At the old Crawf ord Stand. SELECT CAREFULLY FEEDS FOR DAIRY COWS Cost an Important Factor. Clemson College.-In selecting teed for the dairy ration one should con sider their cost as well as their food value. The higher the price of feeds the more important it is to buy and feed economically. For the purpose of studying the cost of feeds and comparing their feeding value, the amounts of "digestible protein" and of "total digestible nutrients" are the most important factors to consider. The digestible protein is -the nitrogenous part of the feeds that can be used by the animals for the growth and repair of its muscles, skin, hair, etc., and to carry on certain life processes including the production of casein in milk. The total digestible nutrients are used by the animal to produce heat and energy. They include the carbohydrates and fats as well as the protein. The farmer who expects a profit from his dairy cows considers the cost of feed most important. This, however, does not mean the cost per ton or bushel, but refers to the cost of the food nutrients contained in the various feeds. Some feed-s may cost more per ton but their food nutrients will cost less .. nutrients in other feeds. For example, a farmer might be confront with the problem of selecting a high protein concentrate for his ration. Cuppose he can buy 38.5% cotton seed meal for $55.00 per ton and 20% cotton seed feed at $45.00 per ton. To ascertain which is the most economical the total pounds ot digestible protein and total nutrients should be divided by the price per ton. So, in order to make this determination quickly the following table has been pre pared so that one can easily determine which is the cheapest feed. After referring to the table, we note that for one dollar you can buy 12 pounds of digstible protein in 38.5% cotton seed meal and only 6.3 pounds in 20% cotton seed feed. In other words 38.5% cotton seed meal at $55.00 per ton is nearly twice as cheap a source of protein as is 20% cotton seed feed. On the other hand, when one is to select a roughage, like comparisons may be made, only more attention should be placed in the total digestible nutrients. For example, suppose one could buy cotton seed hulls for $20 per ton and corn stover for $10 per ton. Referring to the table, we find that for one do" - we can buy, at the above priees, 37 lbs. of total digestible nutrients in the i.,m of hulls and 104.4 lbs in corn stover. Corn stover then, at the above prices, would be nearly 3 times as cheap as hulls. For $1.00 You Can Buy Pounds Digestible When price Carbohy- Total High Protein Feeds. per ton is Protein. drates. Nutrients Cotton-seed Meal 38%% ........ $50.00 13.3 16.9 30.2 Cotton-seed Meal 38/% ....... . 55.00 12.0 15.4 27.4 Cotton-seed Mea&382% ......... 60.00 11.1 14.0 25.1 Cotton-seed Feed 20%o .......... 50.00 5.68 17.32 23.0 Cotton-seed Feed 20% .......... 45.00 6.31 19.2 25.5 Velvet Bean Meal (seed and pod) 40.00 7.4- 30.15 37.6 Velvet Bean Meal (seed and pod) 45.00 6.6 26.8 33.4 Velvet Bean -Meal ,seed and pod) 50.00 5.9 24.1 30.0 Velvet Bean rMeal (seed and pod) 55.00 5.4 21.9 27.3 Soy Bean Meal ($1.50 per bu.) ... 50.00 12.3 22.0 34.3 Soy Bean Meal (-$2.00 per bu.)... 66.00 9.3 16.7 26.0 Soy Bean Meal ($3.00 per bu.)... 100.00 6.1 11.1 17.2 Peanut Meal ................... 50.00 17.0 14.7 31.7 Peanut Meal ................... 60.00 14.2 12.2 26.4 Medium Protein Feed. Wheat Bran ................... 35.00 . 27.7 34.8 Wheat Bran '.................... 40.00 6.2 27.2 30.4 Wheat Bran ................... 45.00 5.5 21.5 27.0 Carbohydrate Feeds. Oats ($0s40 per bu.)............ 25.00 7.7 48.6 56.3 Oats ($0.48 per bu.)............ 30.00 6.4 40.5 46.9 Oats ($0.56 per bu.)............ 35.00 5.5 34.7 40.2 Oats (;0.64 per 'bu.)............ 40.00 4.8 30.4 35.2' Oata ($0.72 -per bu.)............ 45.00 4.3 26.9 31.2 Oats ($0.80 per bu.)............ 50.00 3.9 tC1 28.0 Oats ($0.96 per -bu.)........ 60.00 3.2 20.2 '123.4 Oats ($1.12 per bu.)............ 70.0e 2.77 17.33 2%1.1 Corn, $1.25 per bu. (shelled).... 44.00 .3.4.- 35.5 38.5. Corn $1.50 e a Corn, $2.00 per bu. (shelled)... 471.00 2.1 22.0 24.1 Corn, $2.25 per bu. (shelHed) .. .1 80.00 1.9 19.5 21.4 Corn and Cob Meal (ear corn) $1.75 per bu.................. 52.00 2.3 27.7 30.0 Cora and Cob Meal (ear corn) $2.00 per but................. 63.00 1.95 22.85 24.8 Legume Roughages. Cow-pea Hay ................... 12.00 21.8 69.8 81.6 Cow-pea Hay ................... 16.00 16.3 44.9 61.2 Cow-pea Hay ................... 20.00 13.1 35.9 49.0 Cow-pea Hay ................... 24.00 10.9 29.9 40.8 Velvet Bean Hay ............... 20.00 12.0 43.5 55.5 Soy Bean Hay ................. 12.00 19.5 69.8 89.3 .Soy Bean H.y ................. 16.00 14.5 52.5 67.0 Soy Bean Hay ................. 20.00 11.7 41.9 53.6 Soy Bean Hay ................. 24.00 9.7 34.9 44.6 Alfalfa Hay .................... 15.00 14.1 54.7 68.8 ,Alfalfa Hay .................... 20.00 10.6 41.0 51.6 Alfalfa Hay .................... 25.00 8.5 32.7 41.2 Alfalfa Hay .................... 30.00 , 7.06 24.0 31.06 Carbonaceous Roughages. Cotton-seed HuHs ..... ..........5.00 1.2 146.8 148.0 Cotton-seed Hurlls ........-.......10.00 .6 73.4 74.0 Cotton-seed Hulls ............... 15.00 .4 47.9 49.34 Cotton-eeed Halls ...............20.00 .3 36.7 37.0 Cotton-seed Hulls ...............25.00 .24 28.36 29.6 Corn Stover (e:ars removed).......8.00 5.5 -125.5 130.5 : Corn Stover (ears removed)......10.00 4.4 100.0 104.4 Corn Stover' (ears removed)......12.00 3.6 83.4 87.0 Corn Stoven (ears removed)......15.00 2.9 66.7 -69.6 Oat Straw ..................... 6.00 3.3 148.7- 152.0 Oat Straw ..................... 800 2.5 111.> 114.0 Oat Straw ..................... 10.00 2.0 89.2 91.2 PALATABILITY I MPORTANT. In selecting feeds one should also consider their palata:biity. A cow wil' ive -beteter returns if she relishes her food, and it is known that a cow will es lrger quiantaties of pala.table seeds and at the same time the feeds W' be more completely digested. It a farumer fails to consider palatab&ity he slaynot get themt out ofis feeds. Forexmmple,inklooking over the legeme r'oughages in the- table, we noOe that at the same prices, a.lfalf a, and usay be hay are about equal in the nufber of pounds. of total nutrients yb.k -can be purchased for one domar. But we will rem.emWer that the cows wWK es up all 1Ihe alfalta *lle they wiM leee considerable soy bean hay. Oe t the sam price alfaUa would be the cheaper feed. Buik. A cow digeste her feed to the best advantage when her grain ration has' a certain amount of looseness or bulk which enables the digestive juices t<1 penetrate and readily act on the mass of feeds. Never feed cotton seed: meal alone and expect to get good results. Mix it with feeds such as corr I and cob meal and velvet bean mal. Varilety. To often farmers of -the South are content to feed only cotton seed meal and hulls. This kind of ration will certainly not make it possible for a coil to do her best. Recent investigations show that proteins in all plants are nol alike, and that if animals are fed alone on products of one plant they -wili not be properly nourished. Consequently, it is well to select feeds from a variety of sources; such as corn and cob meal, velvet bean meal, cottor - seed mea-1 and peanut meal. Succulence. Each feed has a certain effect upon the digestive system of the cow' For example, wheat bran, alfalfa and silage may cause a laxative condition while other feeds such as cotton seed meal have a tendency towards con stipation. It is important that a slightly laxative condition be maintained~ in the digestive system of the cow, for she can digest her feed much easiei and absorb it more efficiently when it is combined with a conside'rable amount of moisture. The abundant milk flow obtained from good pasture. is due to the succulence of the grass. Silage provides succulent feed during winter and periods of drought when pasture is not available. With silage ir the ration dairy cattle can be kept in the condition cof health common to cows on good pasture. Sileage is palatable, and no other feed will combine so wel. with dry hay and a little grain to produce maximum economical result. The Mississippi Experiment Station found that cows receiving silage in creased in milk flow nearly 37 per cent over those fed on dry feeds and did so at a reduction of 39 per cent. in the :ert of feeding. It pays to have a silo. If interested, write the Dairv Extension Division emson Agriuluia College, Clemson Coloee S. C.. for further ir-formation Spjcial otice I have two Mo-. Iine Universal tractors bought. before the in crease in prices* These are for sale. I can save you $115.00. if you buy before Jan. 1st. These machines can be seen at work at any. time. U. G. DesPortes, Agt. SPECIALS Emerson Standard Mowers, Rakes and re Deering Mowers.? 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