FEED RESERVES
THE CROPPING PROGRAMME By planning to produce reserve of feed in excess of prospective requirements one is likely to be in a better position to face unexpected crop failures. It is a serious matter to be short of feed at critical periods; and, on the other band, a surplus of feed ordinarily never need be wasted, while it may enable exceptionally advantageous market opportunities to be grasped, states the Journal of Agriculture. In planning the cropping programme, provision should be made for the requirements not only of the main class of stock on the farm, but also of less important classes, such as pigs and poultry on dairy farms, and these together with cows on farms devoted dominantly to grain or sheep. The poor returns often obtained from cows, poultry and pigs kept as sidelines frequently are due primarily to poor feeding. Judicious extension of the programme or arable cropping commonlv is a very economical means of improving such poor feeding.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20261, 9 November 1935, Page 15
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163FEED RESERVES Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20261, 9 November 1935, Page 15
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