The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-09-11
FARMERS TO BUY
FEED FOR WINTER
THROUGH F. E. A.
Purchasing of Feed in Car Load
Lots Make Great
Saving.

The Farmers Cooperative AS
sociations of st. Clair county
are attacking the feed problem
for the coming winter in a man
ner that will mean much to the
dairy industry. They are buying
feeds in car load lots at very at
tractive prices, and with the as
sistance of the Farm Bureau are
compounding their own rations
in way that will bring about the
largest and most economical pro-
duction. Some of the men will
feed a mixture of 400 lbs. oats,
200 lbs. wheat bran and 100 lbs.
cottonseed meal. At the prices
at which the feeds are being
bought, this ration is being Sc
cured, ready for feeding at a price
of $500 per ton.
Another ration that will be in
common use consists of 400 lbs.
barley 400 lbs. wheat bean and
100 lbs. cottonseed meal.
Still another is made up of 200
lbs. oats, 200 lbs. beans, 200 lbs.
bran and 100 lbs. cottonseed
meal. This affords a little more
variety and makes the cheapest
balanced ration that it will be
possible to obtain. After all
grinding and freight is paid for
this ration will cost the dairyman
at his home station $50 per ton.
These, together with corn silage
and clover or mixed hay, will
make balanced rations and will be
fed at the rate of / ID. grain to
4 lbs. milk produced. In case
portion of the roughage consists
of corn stalks or Timothy hay,
the proportion of cottonseed meal
should be doubled in order to fur
nish the necessary protein.
The best commercially mixed
rations in carload lots are cost
ing $50 to $S5 per ton delivered
at points in the county, and it
will thus be seen that, through
the splendid cooperation of these
farmers business associations
are practicing, they are able to
provide ration that will give
equal results at a saving of SIS
to $50 per ton. 1t is gratifying to
note, too, that with only one or
two exceptions the most attrac-
tive prices that could be secured
anywhere have been quoted by
firms located in st. Clair county,
land will mean an attractive busi-
ness to the dealers who have
shown a disposition to cooperate
with the farmer in solving the
problems that are of utmost con-
cern to everyone in these days of
high cost of living" Recent i'm
vestigations have shown that the
feed cost constitutes go per cent.
of the entire expense of produc-
ing milk, so when the farmers
and business men together attack
an item of such Importance, their
action cannot help but have the
most far-reaching and beneficial
results to both producer and con-
Sumer.
Then, too, not only Is it import
ant to feed the most economical
ration, but the development of
animals that will use the feed
most efficiently, and the intro
duction of improved methods of
care and stabling are also es-
sential. In this connection it is
pleasing to state that during the
past year twenty-five registered
cows, carrying the best blood lin
es of the breed, and four pure
bred sires, whose pedigrees con-
tain the largest yearly produc-
tion records of the breed, have
been purchased by the stockmen
of the county, Furthermore, the
number of inquiries coming to the
Farm Bureau office for assist
ance in improving stable condi-
tions, including ventilation and
methods of care, indicate an in
terest that has never been shown
before.
The Cow Testing Association,
which was of necessity discohtin-
ued during the war, will also be
reorganized the coming fall, and
will head many of the boarder
cows toward the shambles.-C /.
Brody, County Agricultural Act.