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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
14
A National Crop Improvement Service piece argues that a farmer’s common sense and careful arithmetic often beat scientific analyses in creating economical mixed feeds from farm by products. It notes the difficulty of maintaining economical rations on a self supplied basis and suggests keeping books to compare ingredient costs with a ready made balanced ration.
National Crop Improvement Service emphasizes a dairy ration should be palatable bulky and coarse to prevent indigestion and provide variety. It should include real protein digestible minerals and high digestibility to support life health and milk production.
National Crop Improvement Service promotes mixed feeds as superior for cow health and milk yield. Delavan Wisconsin dairyman Paratt tested his own mix against a first class dairy feed, saving about five pounds of grain per cow daily and nearly five cents per cow, while achieving balanced rations with farm roughage.
A National Crop Improvement Service summary discusses pasture costs versus silage yields, noting an acre can feed a cow but also produce ten tons of silage during feeding. It urges maximizing dairy cow capacity, contrasts bran and by products, and advises checking feed value with state experiments.
The best dairy feeds cost less by using by products from cereal mills glucose factories and malt houses. Dried grains from corn rye and barley boost protein and fat content and are essential in milk production. Cottonseed meal provides high crude protein and fat but must be fed in limited quantities with bulking ingredients.
The article warns farmers against mixing own rations without proper feeds and analysis. It notes cottonseed meal quality varies, inspectors rarely sample barn supplies, and farmers lack analysis facilities. It urges using agricultural bulletins, highlights costs of mixed feeds, and suggests buying mixed feed when grain prices rise. It discusses cornmeal, oil meal, and by products as cost factors in meat and dairy support.
The National Crop Improvement Service notes cows in peak milk production require about 50 percent more water. Digestible feed is the useful portion, with protein driving milk output. Starchy feeds stay costly due to horse work demand, while oat by products provide dairy use despite oats' high price.
A fragment discusses public problem handling on the rostrum and remarks on social habits. It mentions Daly's brands and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a weekly remedy recommended by Wakefield Pharmacy. The text links coffee consumption with coarse skin and urges cleansing of bowels and blood purification for complexion improvement.
State of Michigan thirty second judicial circuit in Gogebic County orders Charles A. Cowell to appear within three months or bill of complaint will be confessed. An order for publication in Wakefield Advocate runs for six weeks with first issue within twenty days. Court officials and attorney names listed. case dated April 27, 1917. Also a Wakefield Hotel ad follows.
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