Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1894 — What to Feed. [ARTICLE]

What to Feed.

There is no question so hard to answer as this. Sometimes we think we have answered it, but the next time we picli up a dairy paper we find a report from same experiment station and 10, our food ration is all wrong, won't do at all. Next report says it is all right, and so it goes. As we havAsaid before, the best way is to use your okn judgment. After a fair trial the result will be the only safeguard to go by. Starch food lias proven to be a .good dairy-food, bit the supply is limited, and if it cmid be bird when wanted it would have to be handled immediately on ageount of its wet con-

dit’ion. Thereby requiring a fresh supply oftener than would 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 fivb Cqnts per pound, will net 80 cents a bushel. The value of wheat, when ground, fed to cows lias been variously estimated from 60 to 90 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.