The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-12-02


this sample are wild buckwheat, corn
cookie, pigeon grass, foxtail and Can.
ada thistle. Others are also objectiona.
BILE, though they are widely scattered
everywhere on land and are not difficult
to suppress on cultivated ground ordt
narily A bag of 100 pounds of feed
containing 25 per cent or % pounds
of screenings as presented In this an.
alysis is estimated to have in 1t 81
pounds of wild buckwheat seed, 9,075
corn cookie seed, 10000 pigeon grass
seed. 100000 foxtail seed and 1.125
Canada thistle seed, which, if permit.
ted to terminate will stock the farm
wherever such feeds are fed.
In making guarantee to the state.
manufacturers and dealers are re.
quired to state the percentage OF
screenings used and whether they are
ground or unground.
Use of Commercial Feeding stuffs.
Commercial feeding stuffs are usual.
ly purchased for the purpose of sup.
plementing the feeding materials
raised on the farm and especially ia
this true where corn and timothy hay
are the only crops. One of the most
important questions, then, that con.
Germs the consumer is how to buy
feeding stuffs. Users of purchased
feeds in large quantities are generally
experienced and buy only high class
| materials at close prices. 1t frequent
Iy happens that the small consumer,
too often feeling the pinch of poverty,
seeks a cheap grade of feed that sells
for less than high class materials, and
is easily caught by the low grade
trashy feeds bearing catchy names.
Cheap feeds, no matter what names
they bear, are quite likely to result in
hardship to- the animals that are fed
on them, and to the owners of such
animals as well.
How To Buy Feeds.
1t is very rarely that feeds. are of
| fered for sale in the state that are
not regularly registered and labeled in
accordance with the requirements oil
the law and in most instances the
| feeds run well up to guaranty. The
consumer, therefore, has at his inspec
| ton of the label sufficient information
| to enable him to buy on basis OF
| economy. If COW peas, alfalfa, soy
| beans and other similar crops can be
raised and used on farm, little, Il
any concentrates are needed, as these
materials are rich In protein and will
supply sufficient nourishment. Farm
products such as corn, oats, corn fod
der, sheaf oats, timothy hay, and 9th
er hays grown SO generally on Ken
lucky farms, contain relatively high
percentages of carbohydrates and low
percentages of crude fat and protein
and should not be considered in the
purchase of concentrated materials
HThe amount, therefore. of sdigcsfibls
protein and fat should govern In the
purchase of commercial feeding stuffs
One fact of great Importance which
must nor be lost sight Of in econom
| icai feeding is that the amount. kind
and character of the feed an ANNA
requires depends entirely upon the
use to which that animals is going Il
put the food. A team may be KEEP:
through an idle time on feed thaE
would not be at all suited to Thu
needs of the same team at hard work
or a cow yielding large flow of min
during an official test There is littlt
use in paying high prices and es
tablishing good dairy herd unless
careful attention is given to ths
amount and character of the feed, FOL
! however well bred and efficient the in
dividuals, they can not give in 4heii
product what they do not receive ii
their food. This is Just as true OF work
] and growing animals.