The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-22
HELPFUL HINTS
FOR DAlRYMEN

acid flavor. This may be true III
some cases, but il is not the fault OF
the silase. 1t is due TO carelessness
i'll the barn.
The most exhaustive experiments
have proven that when silage is han
died right it does not produce this un'
desirable odors and bacteria after it |
has left the cows udder
If the silage is cleansed up every |
day there will bo no trouble OF this
kind Do not leave trail of it from
the door OF the feed room clear
through the stable and do not leave a
lot of it just out OF the reacn ot the
COWS.
Where it is within their reach it
will be cleaned up, but we cannot ex-
pect them to do more.
See that the air Of the stable is kept
free from the odor of decaying silage
and that is about all that one need to
do to guard against the flavor of it
in milk
Too many dairy farmers are running
to the mills and feed stores for sup
plies for their dairy COWS. They know
they need concentrates, but do not
study the problem of feeding to a con-
clusion. In Tennessee they raise
great deal of COW pea hay and think
much of it. Northern farmers might
raise more to advantage. They are
also beginning to know what alfalfa
is down there, and they are feeding it
largely in many sections of the state.
The Tennessee experiment station
has helped the farmers immensely by
experimenting with the different feeds
for dairy and beef cattle. The investi-
gators find that the cost of milk can
be greatly redcued by replacing a part
of the concentrates in the daily ration
of the COW with some roughness rich
hay.
1t is an advantage to feed a dry
roughness, which is intended to re-
place a part of the concentrates in a
ration, with Stage, because of its sue
culent and palatable nature.
A ton of alfalfa or COW hay may be
produced at a cost of from $3.50 to s.,
whereas wheat bran costs $40 to $25
From two to three tons of COW pea
hay and from three to five tons of
alfalfa can be obtained from an acre
of land hence there is a great ad-
vantage in utilization of these rough
nesses in the place of wheat bran.
Alfalfa and COW pea hay cannot be
substituted to the best advantage for
cottonseed meal, as this toodstuff is
so very rich in protein that larger
bulk must be consumed than the ca
pacity of the average COW will per.
nit
The substitution of a roughness rich
in protein for an expensive concen-
trate will enable the dairyman to
make milk and butter at a Jess cost
and will thus solve one of his most
serious problems.
In substituting alfalfa hay for wheat
bran it will be best to allow one and
one-half pounds of alfalfa to each
pound of wheat bran, and the results
are likely to prove more satisfactory
if the alfalfa is fed in a finely
chopped condition.
These tests indicate that with al
falfa hay at $40 a ton and wheat bran
at $40 the saving effected by substi-
tuting alfalfa for wheat bran would
be 50 for every 100 pounds of butter,
and 1913 cents for every 100 pounds
of milk. The farmer could thus af-
ford to sell his milk for 1913 cents a
hundred less than he now receives and
his butter for about % cents, as COM
pared with 25 cents a pound.
These experiments show why alfal-
ia has been frequently used as z
basis of manufactured foodstuffs, and
indicate that the farmer who can
grow it makes a mistake in purchasing
artificial stuffs Of which lit forms
the basis.
When alfalfa was fed under the most
favorable conditions a gallon of milk
was obtained for 81 cents and a pound
of butter for 10 IA. When COW pea
hay was fed the lowest cost of a gal
lon of milk was So cents and of a
pound of butter ga cents. In locali-
ties where peas have grown well il
can be utilized to replace wheat bran,
and in sections where alfalfa can be
grown this crop can be substituted for
COW pea hay with satisfaction.
A telegram from Washington to the