Show experiment shows feed possibilities the wonderful possibilities in dry lot fattening of cattle in the west are indicated by the feeding experiment recently concluded at the university of arizona yearling steers there made an average dally daily gala gain of lbs ibs during a day feed feeding ing period and put on his bis gain at an average cost of selling price was 78 per cwt cat and dreg dressing sing percentage tor for the entire group averaged eighty one of the steers graded US choice twelve were good and six were classed as prime feeds used were alfalfa hay bay cottonseed meal silage and cracked hegard grain when these facts were correlated it is brought out that choice grain fed beef profitably be produced by western feeds la in a comparatively ively short feeding period the feeds used were figured at a valuation high enough to give the farmer farla tir a return also as bay was valued at 12 a ton silage at cracked hegard at 27 and cottonseed meal at 20 25 this means that by using a balanced ration and feeding young well bred cattle western feeders can operate profitably even when fed cattle are selling belling comparatively low it Is generally considered that the fertilizer will pay for labor involved in feeding the investments in corrals and equipment does no not t need to be so high in the southwest as it Is where weather Is more severe yet those who have prayed corrals receive higher returns from fertilizer the cheapness with which galas gains were put pui on in the arizona experiment Is a tribute to the work done by the university of arizona in encouraging the use of better bulls and in developing balanced latious composed of arizona feeds which Is becoming one of the most important feeds of the state was introduced by the university and its adaptability and value first demonstrated on tho the university farm carcasses from short fed 00 days cattle seem to be the best suited to the los angeles packer requirements longer feeding periods mean higher costs per cat cwt gain which must be met by higher prices per lb ib tor for the animals if the feeder Is going to continue to produce long ted fed cattle also such carcasses are more because of more fat at present there Is not enough difference in price of long fed and short fed cattle to justify turning out the farmer and it Is doubtful if there ever will be in los angeles territory the sh short 0 6 fed la is desirable for both the housewife and the feeder because the latter can produce choice beet beef at a price the farmer can afford to pay |