Cleveland County herald., 1921-03-17
WHY BALANCED
 NATIONS ARE NEEDED
By WALL A. HALL, Manager, h. International Sugar Feed Co.,,
 Memphis, Tenn.

ton properly 50 per cent of the ration should be grain and the bal ance should be leaves derived from palatable plants. He has also demon- strated that more than 40 per cent of the leaves do not get best results. l
 When we mention grain we do not mean any particular variety, but a feeding commodity of equal strength, containing the same nutrients as corn, oats, barley, etc. These nutri- erts can be derived fromm cotton seed meal, linseed oil meal, molasses. alfalfa, lespedeza and numerous oth- CT feeding commodities with which we are familiar.
 We believe you readily appreciate by this time the scientific balancing of feed for domestic animals is science within itself-that it requires proper knowledge of grains and plants utilized, an elaborate chemi- cal laboratory, scientific machinery and heavy physical investment.
 A great many of us do not appre- ciate the fact that we balance our own rations at the dinner table. We put butter on bread as a habit, and bread and butter make a balanced ration. Protein in our foods is pro- duced from lean meats, milk, fruits, etc. Carbohydrates are obtained from potatoes and all starch-bearing vege- tables. Fats are obtained from but ter, cheese, fats in our foods, etc., but the poor domestic animals must depend upon their master to do all of these things for them. An Ani- mal's ration is the only salary it re- ceives; consequently, it behooves all of us to give him the best ration that is obtainable-not from a humane standpoint alone, but from a dollar and-cent standpoint in the operation of our business.
 Expert Testimony.
 Prof. McCullum has thoroughly demonstrated, after 10 years of ex- perimenting, that there are certain clements in feedstuffs which have never been classified. and yet play more important part in nutrition than any of the standard nutrients with which we are all familiar at this time. This is omre conclusive evil dence than any previous discovery that the proper balancing of feeds is more important than we have ever been able to appreciate He has said than an animal fed on seed or grains alone and provided with water free from mineral substances will die Prof. McCullum does not stop with the statement that the animal will not thrive, but declares it will actually waste away. This does not apply to all seed or one grain alone, but to any number of seeds. He has de- veloped a scientific fact that even variety will not overcome the trouble.
 With this startling statement be- fore us and still standing unques- toned by our best feed experts, it must impress you, as it has others, that we must give the question of balancing rations more considera- tion.
 Enormous Demand For Feeds.
 Never before in the history of the country has there been so great a need for the economic conservation of every material that can be satis- factorily used for animal mainte- nance. Facts show that this country requires more grain than is actually available. We all know that mixed feed is a tremendous influence in the conservation of grain values; first because it makes possible the assimi- lation by the animal of practically the full nutriment of the grain fed in balanced rations; and, secondly, because is makes possible the utiliza- tion of great quantity of cereal by products which cannot be profitable or economically used in any other way. As the seasons advance, this Will be 4Dund of far greater lmpor tance to the country than ever be- fore.
 The Time Is Ripe.
 Customs change so gradually that they sometimes present an entire new front before we are aware that they have altered at all. It takes a jolt to waken us to new conditions. Mix ed feeds are not used for the fun of it, but because farmers realize that a prepared balanced ratino is the most economical way to produce milk, or to finish stock for the mar ket, or to give your stock proper start in life, or for many other pur- poses for which it is specially pre- jared The feeding of stock is now an exact science and farmers are becoming increasingly aware of it. | o0ly into # :