People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — OUR MILK CHURCH. [ARTICLE]

OUR MILK CHURCH.

Bcvoie<! to the Bairyitiu Inter*; (•»!■•* of Jasper County. What to reed. There is no question so hard ■to answer as this. Sometimes; think we have answered it, i the next time we pichupai •dairy paper we tind a report! n .ji some experiment station | ; ml 10, our food ration is all i wrong, won't do at all. Next j report says it is all right, and so 1 ii. goes. As we have said before, 1 the best way is to use your own j .1 augment. After a fair trial the i result will.be the only safeguard In go by. Starch food has P over, to be a good dairy food, but the supply is limited, and if'l it could be had when wanted it ! would have to be handled irnme-j <1 lately on account of its wot con-1 diiioa. Thereby requiring ai fresh supply oftener than would j be practicable. We notice that! wheat is becoming a favorite! food for dairy cows as well as other stock. It is claimed by those who have tried it that fed to hogs, bringing five cents per pound, will net 80 cents a bushel. | The value of wheat, when ground, fed to cows has, been variously estimated from 60 to 00 cents a bushel. We think it is worth more as cow feed than to sell at present prices. It is a settled fact that oil meal should be a part of the ration. It should be fed to the horses as well, as it will pay a larger per cent, profit than any other food.