The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-28
FEEDING THE FARM COW IN THE
 SOUTH

the South, where comparatively few cattle have been kept and where they have not been regarded as a source of profit, the idea has become prevalent that profitable cattle are those that. consume little feed It should be they consume is used for two main purposes, CD to support the body and CD to produce milk. Each one of these things requires certain amount of feed. If just enough feed is giv- en to support the body, there is noth- ing left for the production of milk. Cow feeds generally are worth much more in the form of milk, cream, and butter than in the form of feed, and the cow that can convert the most feed into the most of these products is the most profitable.
 The COW is an animal that requires a large amount of feed, especially roughage; therefore quantity is one of the first and most important prin- ciples of feeding.
 Cows do best and produce the larg- est quantity of milk in early summer, when grass is abundant. Grass is the best feed known, and when possible cows should have plenty of it. It pas ture is limited forage crops such as corn, sorghum, millet, and the like, should be planted to supplement the pasture and assure planty of green feed during the growing season.
 Green, juicy feed, besides produc- ing large quantities of milk, keep the cows digestive system in good condi- ton; consequently, some such feed in winter is desirable. Patches of rye or oats near the barn furnish grazing at times, but can not be depended up- on to furnish all the COW needs every day from the appearance of frost until spring opens.
 A constant and dependable supply of juicy feed for cows can be obtained in turnips, rutabagas, or carrots. These roots can be fed to cows with out injuring the taste of the milk, pro vided they are fed immediately after milking.
 Since cows require it, and roughage is the cheapest feed and one that every farmer can produce on the farm, sows should be given all of this material Such hays as peavine, vetch, soy bean, and other legumes are the best dry roughage for feeding, but the grass hays, shucks, and coarse hays of the farm are also good. The coarser hays are eaten more readily if mixed with the better hay.
 If a man has 10 cows or more the cheapest form in which juicy feed can be furnished for winter feeding is si- lage. SIage spells on exposure to the air, and with less than that number of cows it can not be fed off rapidly enough to keep thes top layer in good condition.
 Grain Feeds
 With plenty of roughage and ruta- bagas or turnips the COW will keep in good condition throughout the winter and produce a fair flow of milk, but she cannot consume enough of these bulky feeds to furnish all the food clements necessary to produce the largest amount of milk, consequently some very rich feeds which are not bulky must be added. Such feeds are bran, cottonseed meal, shorts, and corn meal. Just what grain or meal Is best to give cow depends upon the kind of roughage she gets. Pea-vine vetch, clover, soy-bean, and velvet bean hay are among the best rough ages. Therefore if the COW gets plen- ty of such hay she will not need much cottonseed meal and bran. When the COW has all the pea-vine, soy-bean, clover, or veteh hay and turnips or rutabagas that she will eat, goD mixture of grain and meal to give her is:
 One part by weight of wheat bran;
 One part by weight of cottonseed meal
 Grass hay, shucks, straw, and the Ike contain comparatively little of the elements found in cottonseed meal, bran, and such feeds, and when these foughages are fed, more cottonseed