Show Balanced Ration as Feed 4 4 r 4 For Stock Now Admitted 4 pl 2 4 4 4 i- i Scientific and Profitable I L T IVE IyE STOCK growers g and feeders of the time country arc coming to realize I the importance of using scientific methods in in the feeding of their stock and today many of ot time tile leading stockmen of Utah and Hul Idaho arcI are arc giving ri a great deal of attention to tu the tile science sc c of proper feeding It is ison I on only I through lack of knowledge regarding the benefits derived from front feeding I tin tin- balanced ration that man many of the large and stimuli small growers dont don't snake make the pr profits the they ri rightfully should do il ml they would but g give gc ive c proper attention attention atten atten- tion to lo this department of their business and place it on a n scientific basis hash From Front the investigations made dur during H the past j year yar ar by the Slate tate Live LiveStock e eStock Stock Board it was found foun fully 50 30 I per cent tent of lo losses in live stuck could be attributed to malnutrition due to feeding ing of an nn unbalanced ration of alfalfa alone An And aside from losses in in Ii live stock profits in feeding have been heen much less than they should have been for the time reason that a large c part of time the enormous feeding resource of nf the country has hns been wasted by hy improper handling Fully 30 per cent of the alfalfa ha hay that ii is iri being cin fe fed to stock block to- to by hy the old nUll and usual method of makin making meat is wasted in one way or 01 either cither another cither the cattle refuse to eat it or it il fails to enter the stomach in condition for proper assimilation It is now confidently asserted L by government experts and ami nl alike kc that a balanced ration of alfalfa meal wound ground alfalfa grain and syrup combined in proper proportions will yield l far better elter results as a a- fattening agency and also is is more economical than the old injudicious way of feeding and wasting What hat to feed and how to feed it it at the least cost to lo get bet the bc best t results results re rc re- re suits is is the Iho important before the feeder of live stock The fhe feeder wants to get net Away from the time idea of feeding corn oats grain etc yet ct he lie must feed protein fat and carbohydrates and must find out from what sources e each ch erin can can be ue derived most economically lie must learn the thc quantities ot or orI each to lo be e fed and how the thc materials should be e mixed so the animal will I trot Tot ct thin flip T required proportion of Jell co C. u 4 After Cler the feeder learns to balance his ration he will at once begin to economise ml mise e and anti tho tiro result will naturally be bean bean bean an increased inci cased profit Naturally the feeder feller will turn awn away from priced high-priced grains a af a. a n diet for the animal and amid will turn toward a product that will hive give tho the desired results in the cheapest cheap cheap- est form orm Millions In order lo o better better- understand the reason for lor the feeding o of the tile balanced ration moro more should bo be understood roar re regarding ro- ro garding ar tho the functions performed by hy hyI protein car carbohydrate and antI fats Protein I holds first place l co in relation to other feeding materials being the most IrnI important Irn- Irn I In the tho animal system It ll supplies supplies sup sup- I r plies lI s growth mattes makes muscles le lean meat Internal organs orSan blood skin etc eta It assists largely in the formation of or milk Carbohydrates is tho the compound of carbon hydrogen and water Nature is liberal In her supply of this compound compound com com- poun pound the cheapest feeds containing itin ItIn it itin in abundance Examples are arc sugar st starch fiber or II wood woody parts of at plants The largest parts of ot tho the vegetable foods grass rass h hay straw and corn shucks run high u in carbohydrates It performs the function of making makin en energy energy energy en- en ergy and wd heat hat In the animal v What Shat hat carbohydrates are not used In making energy and anti heat are arc stored up liD in the animal in the form of fat to lo bo be bO drawn upon in the future In time o of need Fat vegetable oil as It appears in feed feell has tho the same samo functions as ani animal mal md fat It also performs tho samo same functions carbohydrates rate but It Jt t as produces produces produces pro pro- duces two and one-fourth one times as much energy and heat and may bo be considered considered considered con con- as carbohydrates concentrates two and one fourth times It can bo ho readily understood that in inthe inthe the tho feeding 0 of stock tock tho the kind o of reed Iced given should ar vary from a single diet in order to obtain the best r results Yet Let there thero are arc some sonic feeds that contain cont a fairly well balanced amount of oC protein car carbohydrate oh and fat rat One of ot these n is alfalfa ha hay Alfalfa Meal It Is Js b generally acknowledge that the tho thoon on only I proper method of oC feeding alfalfa is b by ln ha having it ground into a meal thereby Increasing the digestibility of of the alfalfa aa as well as making a great r I I ln saving It must b be understood however however how how- how I ever that tho phrase grinding alfalfa alfalfa I fa a is a n misnomer Insofar as the 1 al alfalfa alfalfa al- al falfa Is not technically ground as Is I done in a mill where the materials tobe to tobe tobe I be reduced are placed lie between tween two I grinding surfaces Alfalfa Is rc reduced to a meal b by either of two accredited methods the methods tho alfalfa l is either cither cut and put through a screen or it Is pul crl pulverized ed with a beater or coarse metal knives and thi then n put through h a Il screen creen The Tho use of or either olther of ot these methods Is of course a a. matter mattor of ot choice Through the Iho establishment o of beet sugar r factories there has developed a feed cod which i is almost pur pure carbohydrates carbohydrates I drates anc ant and i 1 la practically per cent j dl digestible n It Is beet syrup a byproduct by by- byproduct II product of or sugar manufacture which has now become an Ingredient of or commercial com corn mercial feed teed sold snarl all over o tho the country and has materially influenced tho the stock feeding problem S It Is known that beet syrup contains contains con con- a very ven hl high h percentage of or fattening fatten fatten- fattening ing constituents as compared with dry fee feed In fact It is practically equal to corn corms pound for for tor fattening I purposes es Many feeders prefer to feed tho time syrup with alfalfa hay in place oCI of oC grain and tho the results are aro astonishing I The syrup so Increases the tho pa lly ity It of oC tho the fends feeds which are arc not commie comm o ly h relished that tho the entire mixture i eaten without a particle of oC waste t is 18 a Q known fact that when el e Joy their rations thc they gain in wel much faster than when they arc c co polled pelted to eat disliked food 1 To obtain the best r results from b boi bo I syrup or molasses it Is 15 necessary ft food feed with a bearing such as ns alfalfa hay clover bea beam beane vines vine or other forage Grain ml may al aI bo lIo added if IC desired jV C ri By Dy properly mixing these product with syrup to lo form a a. balanced f feet cheap feeds can be bo utilized the mote mos mo economical results obtained and th feeder perfectly satisfied with th the tho o outcome out t come But Dut In order to todo do this it mm mii be remembered that feed must fb b ground and mixed outside of or tho stoma a ach not lr-not not Inside Inside for for tho the reason tits tHa when the feed la is not properly c the tho animal gets too much grain syr or other expensive concentrated In rc diem and not enough roughness B n reducing the tho grain and forage to a a. meal of or uniform fineness all th I valuable elements clenents of or concentrates an an roughness ire re utilized without wast waste thus requiring requiring- a n. minimum amount o c. I digestive energy on the tho part parl of oC the tho ar at i mini imal 1 I I Stock growers should make mako a std stud Continued on following Pa Page Page oe I BALANCED RATIONS Continued from Preceding Pago of tho methods metho N of or feeding the tiro balanced ration When hen this I Irs done the ro bo be more money in their pockets an and corresponding Increase In In- creaso crease In iii profits for tor the live Iho stock In Indus In- In dus t ry Thero There ha have been In n the tho past two or three years cars a do dozen or more mills placed In Utah Idaho for tOr grinding alfalfa meal and making a balanced ra ration lon Those mills millEt havo o been boen put In by the tho more marc pro progressive rc sho feeders moll mOil who have Investigated In and found Cound the tho worth world pf f this feed Thero arc are thousands of or cattle and snoop sheep being tell fed In Utah and Idaho on this balanced ration and It would Pel pay the man mm who is handling livo 11 stock to Investigate In these mills thoroughly hl as asIt asit asit it Is making a homo horno Industry In using Up tip p pr r roughage e rc and forage In a way that gets tho the most most out of oC it In tho the federal Investigation In of or the live 11 stock Industry carried on In Washington D. D C. C one ono of tho the heads of ot ofa ota a big bid p company made the tho re report ro- ro port before the tho ho investigating committee commit commit- teo tee that Its company compan had fed Ced about 60 head of oC cattle per year ear and had made a net profit per year ear of or around 41 per head whilo while tho average a net et profit of or tho the cattle callie feeders per head bead was only a little over or M 4 per head This was wa as largely el duo to tho the manner ner In which tho cattle were taken care of or In othor other words certain feeds i ro certain results result when fed to live 11 stock In tho the right proportions Many Ian stock raisers In tho the mOUn mountain lain country have havo recently decided to employ employ em om- ploy modern methods In feed feeding Ins Ins- operations operations opera opera- and Trot not fec feed In the tho old manner that has haM been heen practiced for so 80 man many I yearn at a a. loss |