Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1919 — DAIRY COW IS ECONOMICAL [ARTICLE]

DAIRY COW IS ECONOMICAL

Utilizes Coarse Materials, Inedible to Humans, and Turns Them Into Food Material. •Two facts stand out prominently as reasons for the increased production and use of milk. The first is that milk as purchased on the market usually supplies food material together with the growth-producing elements more economically than either meat or eggs. The second reason is that the dairy cow is the most economical producer of animal food. One great law of food conservation is to turn inedible feeds into edible foods in the cheapest possible manner. The dairy cow will utilize coarse materials, inedible to humans —such as grass, cornstalks and hay—and will turn them into milk. Other farm animals also are converters of coarse roughage into edible foods, but are not so efficient as the dairy cow.