The Ocala banner., 1921-10-07

trates, forage and pasture for fail.
winter and early spring months.
Concentrates
mere il no reason why any owner
q family COW should bny 4 pound Of
concentrate material provided he has
land Of his own on which to grow
such Bran, shorts and cottonseed
meal produced in other sections and
bought BY the COW owners reduces
eae profits cf milk production. and
nome grown products serve the purpose
equally Is veil as material brought
or the purpose of utilizing home
material he should provide himself
With z small grinding mil. also feed
cutter and 4 root slicar. The cost Of
Fnssa three implements should not ex-
eeed $500 to 10000. and man with
couple IF cows viii save this amount
n tale course Of one year from the
nss of taese Implements
e has been foune 81 p1actical e.
peEisnee that fsrty pounds Of corn IN
the ear wizheSt the shuck and sixty
pounds 81 velvet beans in the hull
ground tegether gives a dairy feed
equal q any concentrates that one
can buy
These should be ground together 80
ne texture OF coarse bran, and should
pc TED TO the COW along with some
Tonghage. such as corn stover cut
by the feed cutter into one-han inch
leng as, aad also some green material
such as rape
me slseing machine can be utilized
Fery prohtably in the slicing of beets.
tuTnips. mangeIs. rutabagas. etc, that
san be cut very successfully and fed
70 the csTT. as the COW resembles
the human IN some respects. in that it
likes a variety in its feed and does
best when this variety is provided
Time to Plant
Ncw IS the best time to consider
the pvox Iaing cf the ccw with green
Tinter pasture. and we recommend
rape as one Of these. Plant the
Dwarf Essex variety about the first
week in October in rows about 80
inches 0t less apart, so as 10 allow
cultivation CT the crop Along about
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There should be at least an acre pro-
Fidea for every head ron intend feed
ing. Then in the middle Of October
plant cats and re broadcast, and dur
ilg the winter II these crops should
show signs Of low vitality little top
dressing Of nitrate or soda viii help
them along. These crops should also
be cultivated after every rain dur
i ing the winter months. and so SHOULD
rape.
Rape planted the end OF September
win s. ready for cutting by the mid
die s. December or perhaps earlier.
all according 70 the season
Mangei wnrzels. beets rntabagas
+ turnips and carrots should ali be plant
ed late n September or early in Oc-
tober. These root crops while net
high n milk producing material act
as tonic and little Of them should
l5e n the iced every time the animal
is fed
How to Feed
No concentrated material should be
1 fed alone 1t should always be sprinki-
ga On some roughage- either sileage,
1oT1 stoyer, sliced heets, mangels or
saUe cus IN the feed cutter, as this
gives the animal an opportunity Of
chewing its quid. which is 50 necessary
TO get best results.
In preparing corn il should always
be cat to feed ahead. and when cut
ting should be sprinkled with water
. which salt has been applied at the
rate Of about a teaspoonful OF every
ten quarts. The moistening of this
material makes it more paIatab1e and
dfg9st1ble to the animal.
All the bovine tribe should be fed
scme rough feed to enable them to
rnninate Of chew the qaid- r concen-
trates are fed alone this passes thru