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SELECT CAREFULLY FEEDS FOR DAIRY COWS O Cost an Important Factor. Clemson College.?In selecting feed for the dairy ration one should ooncider 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 alue, 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 lite 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 feeds may cost none per ton but their food nutrients win cost less man nnunvuts ui ? feeds. Far example, a farmer might be confronted with the problem of electing a high protein concentrate for his ration. Suppose 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 of digestible protein and total nutrients should he divided by the price per ton. So, in rder to make this determination quickly the following table has been prepared 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 ii nearly twice as cheap a source of protein as ie 20% cotton seed feed. On the other hand, when one is to select a roughage, like comparisons My 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 ten and corn stover for $10 per ton. Referring to the table, we find that for one dor - we can' buy, at the above prices, 37 lbs, of total digestible nutrients ! the iurm of hulls and 104.4 lbs in corn'stover. Corn stover then, at the bove 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. Cottonseed Meal 38%% $50.00 13.3 16.9 30.2 ; Cotton-seed Meal 38%% 55.00 12.0 15.4 27.4 Cotton-seed Meal 38%% 60.00 11.1 14.0 25.1 Cotton-seed Feed 20% 60.00 5.68 17.32 23.0 Teed 20% 45.00 6.31 19.2 25.5 Velvet Bean Meal (seed and pod) 40.00 7.45 30.15 37.6 ' x 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 Meal (seed and pod) 55.00 5.4 21.9 27.3 Soy Bean Meal ($1.50 perbu.)... 50.00 12.3 22.0 245 Soy Bean Meal (62.00 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. I \ "Wheat Bran 35.00 7.1 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. " 5 Oats ($0.40 per bu.) 25.00 7.7 48.6 66.3 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 Oats ($0.72 per bu.) 45.00 4.3 26.9 31.2 Oats ($0.80 per bu.) 50.00 3.9 24.1 28.0 Oats ($0.96 per bu.) 60.00 3.2 20.2 23.4 Oats ($1.12- per bu.).' 70.00 2.77 17.33 20.1 flam. SI.25 oer bu. (shelled).... 44.00 - 3.4 35.5 38.9 Corn, $1.50 per ton. (shelled).... 53.00 2.8 29.5 32.3 Corn, $1.75 per bu. (shelled).... 62.00 2.4 25.2 27.6 Corn, $2.00 per bu. (shelled).... 7jL.OO 2.1 22.0 r 24.1 Corn, $2.25 per bu. (shelled).... 80.00 1.9 19.5 21.4 Corn and Cob Meal (ear corn) $1.75 per bu 62.00 2.3 27.7 30.0 Corn and Cob Meal (ear corn) $2.00 per bu 63.00 1.95 22.35 24.8 "Legume Roughages. J 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 7 24.00 10.9 29.9 40.8 Velvet Bean Hay 20.00 12.0 43.5 65.6 Soy Bean Hay 12.00 19J> 69.3 89.3 Soy Bean Hay 16 00 14.5 52.5 67.0 | t * 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 61.6 Alfalfa Hay 25.00 8.5 32.7 41.2 . ? ^ Alfalfa Hay 30.00 706 24.0 31.06 ' Carbonaceous Roughages. Cotton-seed HuBs ??0 LI 146.8 148.0 Cotton-seed Hulls 10*0? % 7i-4 74.0 Cotton-seed Hulls 15.00 .4 47.9 49.3 Cotton-eeed Hulls 20.00 .3 36.7 37.0. ?otton-seed Hulls 25.00 .24 28.36 29.6 Corn Stover (ears 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 3A 83.4 87.0 Corn Stover (ears removed) 15.00 19 66-7 69.6 Oat Straw 6 0? 83 H8.7 152.0 Oat Straw ..... 800 *** * ' ' ? Oat Straw 1?^? ** PALATABILITY IMPORTANT. / t In delecting feeds one should also consider their patatabffity. A cow will give better returns if she relishes her food, and it is known that a cow will eat larger quanta-ties of palatable feeds and at the same time the feeds wiil ... be more completely digested. If a former fails to consider palatablfity he may not get the most out of his feeds. For example, in looking oyer the legume roughages in the table, we note that at the same prices, alfalfa, and Boy bean hay are about equal in the number of pounds of total nutrients which can be purchased for one dollar. But we will remember that the cows will eat up all the alfalfa while they will leave considerable soy bean hay. ' So at the same price alfalfa would be the cheaper fee?. Bulk. A cow digests her feed to the best advantage when her grain ration has a certain amount of looseness or hulk which enables the digestive juices to 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 corn and cob meal and velvet bean meal. Variety. To often farmers of the South are content to feed only cotton seed meal "" ' ' J ?4,1 rw>t mairA lb nossible for a cow &S& nulls. 1 ills K..h1u Vi lauuu mm w wuui; uv. ~ _w ? to do her best. Recent investigations show that proteins in all plants are not alike, and that if animals are fed al<>ne on products of one plant they will not be properly nourished. Consequently, it is well to select feeds frofh a variety of sources; such as corn and cob meal, velvet bean meal, cotton seed meal 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 havo a tendency towards constipation. It is important that a slightly laxative condition be maintained in the digestive system of the cow, for she can digest her feed much easier and absorb it more efficiently when it is combined with a considerable amount of moisture. The abundant milk flow obtained from good pasture fe due to the succulence of the grass. Silage provides succulent feed duriup v winter and periods of drought when pasture is not available. With silage ii. 'the ration dairy cattle can be kept in the condition of health common to cow* ctn good pasture. Sileage is palatable, and no other feed will combine so well with dTy hay and a little grain to produce maximum economical results. The Mississippi Experiment Station found that cows receiving silage in miiir flnw nfcarlv 37 dot cent over those fed on dry feeds and JUL ? -- r did ?o?ta reduction of 39 per cent in the of feeding. It pays to have a silo. If interested, write the Dairy Extension Division, (Sanson Agricultural College, Ctemson Oolege, 3. C., for further information. XAT C. C?001>\VIX DKA1). Well Known Actor Passes Away After Brief Illness. New York, Jan. 31.?Nat C. Goodwin, the actor, died at a hotel here early today, after a brief illness. Death was due to a general breakdown in health, following an operation for the removal of his light eye several months ago. Born at Boston July 25, 1 857, Goodwin was a familiar figure on the American stage for twenty-five years. He made his first appearance in ' * - - "? -1 1 A 1874 and subsequently piaytsu iwuing roles in many successful plays, both in the United States and England. At the funeral to be held tomorrow, De Wolf Hopper, a life long friend of Goodwin, will read the service in the presence of a delegation from the Lamb's Club. The dead actor's parents are on their way here from Massachusetts to attend the funeral, which will be followed by other services in Roxbury when the body reaches that place. | Mother Shipton's Prophecy. Turning back in the centuries, we come to Mother Shipton, who flourished in the days when witchcraft was rampant in England. She is said to have been the daughter of Agatha Southill, knpwn among her neighbors as "The Devil's Child." As ! Ursula Southill she lived from her birth in 1846, in Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire. Chronicles of her day are filled with the many exhibitions of supernatural power she gave and for a imp rvrorfiptinns as to the nobles | L A 111^ HO A p* VV??w _ I of Henry VIII. were feared?and acj cepted. But it is of events far in the fu! ture that she made a prophecy, i which has been preserved in almost ! its original allegorical form, that | gave her rank as one of the forecasters of the world. This prophecy as at present extant ; runs: "Carriages without horses shall go And accidents fill all the world with woe; Primrose Hill in London shall be And in the center a bishop's see; Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. Through the hills men shall ride And no ass or horse be by their side. A great man shall come and go. Iron in the water bhall float As easy as a wonder boat. | Gold shall be forund, and found In land that is nbt now known. I Fire and water shall more wonder do, England shall at last admit a Jew, The Jew that was held in scorn Shall of a Christian be born and born. A house of glass shall come to pass In England?but, alas, Wor uHii fniinw with the work In the land of Pagan and Turk; And state and state in fierce strife, Will seek each other's life. But when the North shall divide tne South An eagle shall build in the lion's mouth. Taxes for blood and for war Will come to every door. Three times three shall lovely France Be led to play a bloody dance. Before her people shall be free Three tyrant rulers she shall see. The British Olive next shall climb In marriage with the German vine. All England's sons that plow the land Shall be seen book in hand. Learning shall so ebb and flow The poor shall most wisdom know, The world then to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eightyone." 1^ <g> mm Easy for Her. Wife?"Mother is coming next week, George." Hub?"Then we'll wait and let he\ discharge the cook." The Strong Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Wealk You must have Health, Strength and Endurance to fight Colds, Grip and Influenza. When your blood is not in a healthy condition and does not circulate properly, your system i3 unable to withstand the Winter cold. I GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. It contains the well-known tonic properties of Quinine and Iron in a form acceptable to the most delicate stomach, and is pleasant to take. You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. 60c. Dr. THOMAS BLACK, Jfc DENTAL Sl'lMJKON. Graduate Dental Department I'mversity of Maryland. 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