Show ani arbr in 0 err HAY HAT A v SELF FEEDERS iari SAVE v AND considerable LABOR Accord according inq to tests made at colorado experiment station fully 20 per cent or of feed rs Is wasted toy by old method or of feeding feedings self feeder racks for supplying roughage bago to sheep or cattle are not only the means of saving considerable labor but according to tests made at tho colorado experiment station aro are the means of saving a great deal ot of hay one lot of lambs lamba at this station were fed whole hay in a self feeder rack and another lot whole hay in racks on tho the ground such as are in common use in many sections of the country the average gain of these two lots lota was practically the same tile the lot feeding from the self feeder averaging only one pound heavier than the others says the american agriculturist also the grain consumed varied but little being only nine pounds more for a pound gain in the first lot than in the second the great saving came in the cost of roughage the lot eating from the self feeder consumed pounds of hay for each 20 per cent in favor of th tho self belf feeder racks it makes a difference of 42 cents in the cost securing each pounds of grain those these r results e were secured on alfalfa valued at 5 per ton with a higher price the difference would be correspondingly greater thebo self feeding racks cost 1 per running foot completed they had tho the ordinary capacity of four lambs per running foot two on each side not so much space being required at n self feeder as at an ordinary rack since all the lambs will not eat cat at one time As already stated the saving in tola this one experiment amounted to 42 cents per pounds of gain this Is equal to about 14 cents on each lamb counting four lambs per running foot this would make a saving on one seasons operations of 66 56 cents in other words the rack would pay for itself in two years it Is thought that when a typo type of self feeder Is developed for handling 9 1 popular type of grain trough pounds of gain and those eating chopped hay better results may be secured off the ground consumed pounds from it than have hitherto been of hay for each pounds of gain possible by reducing the waste caused this indicates a difference of by wind |