| Show USE FEEDS I 1 by john T caine III utah agri cul tural college oregon short line demonstration train lecture continued from rom last week in feeding tho dairy cow we have quite a different proposition as the dairy animal has no layer of tat fat like the beet beef animal to keep her warm for this reason good barns should be supplied whatever dairy cows are to be kept A dairy animal does more work than practically any other animal on the farm and one cannot afford to have her food going to produce heat he at to keep her warm under adverse conditions A go good od warm comfortable stable should be bu supplied P the dairy cow Is a factory which uses a large amount of 0 rough feed works it over and gives milk the concentrated product it II then the animal to lg supplied with good raw products a large amount of milk can be manufactured straw and poor hay cannot make enough energy to much more than keep up the body heat of tho the animal and of course there would be no excess from which to make milk dairy cows should have a liberal allowance of good alfalfa and should be fed in connection some grain and roots ground barley bran or rolled oats can be used to supply the grain the bran is a protein feed and does not balance the alfalfa nearly as well as the barley yet it is liked by the cows and is generally a part of ever every y dairy ration it has been found however that not more than three pounds can be red fed per day with alfalfa with any degree of profit the dai dairymen rainen at richmond found folind that they could bring in corn and teed feed it balth a ath bran and alfalfa to a profit carloads are purchased every year and good results seem to be obtained where the cost is not over per hundred it if some roots such as mangels could be added to the dairy ration lt it would help mater laly ally as succulents of this kind are needed by the dairy cows keep the dairy cow comfortable give her all that she can eat of good teed feed and it if she is the right kind of animal she will return you a very good profit tor for your trouble in the raising of horses in the west we lose sight quite often of the tact fact that colts if allowed to run down and get in poor shape never make big horses size sells on ane market and every hundred pounds over fourteen hundred is generally worth about 25 at 25 a hundred horse flesh can be produced by the farmer at a great profit feed the colts well giving the draft youngsters some grain grien such as oats or bran during the winter and supplying them good pasture or range during the summer it if this Is done you might just as well be selli selling sig 1609 1600 and 1700 pound horses at four years old instead of marketing the 1400 pound kind in feeding your work horses too much alfalfa la Is generally fed ed for it t Is very palatable pla table and the horses learn to gorge themselves on it about one and a fourth pounds of hay and three fourths to one pound of grain for every hundred pounds live weight of your horse will be practically all that is needed in some sections alfalfa is not liked as aa a horse teed feed yet in practically all experiments peri ments it has been proven superior pound tor for pound to timothy when fed to work horses oats Is the ideal grain for horses but bran can be fed to advantage and where bran is cheaper than oats one halt half of the grain ration can be supplied by this feed most of your hay at night so that the bulky food will be digested before the horse goes to work give some hay in the mornings and but very little at noon feeding lambs Is going ia to be a profitable business in the west and alfalfa hay makes a very good roughage tor for them along with this wheat oats or barley make very profitable feeds in experiments conducted at the utah experiment station lambs made the most profitable gains when halt half rations of grain were given that is only about half as much grain Is fed as the feeds of the east would use with lambs weighing sixty pounds about a third of a pound of grain a day seems to give very good results one advantage in sheep feeding Is that the grains do not have to be ground and the animals need but very little housing the hog business is one which the west is taking up to great extent and one which is going to yield big profits to most of the farmers feeding Is the ae biggest proposition with hogs bogs as the he housing does not cost very much keep the pigs growing by feeding such grains as ground barley or wheat or shorts these fed with skim milk alfalfa and some roots will produce pork at a very low price ani and will allow the farmer a very nice profit on his investment pork can be produced at from 3 to 5 c cents a pound and it if the selling price Is as it has been 6 to 0 7 cents you see that very good returns are secured do not let the young pigs stop growing as the stunting for a little while ol of the young animals is going to maks make the cost of future gains very much greater the advantages to be gained then tor for the western farmer from the feed ing of practically alt all of his crops upon his own land aro are many As a rule advanced prices are secured over what tho market men will give and this too right at your own door for the hauling of grain and ana a nd hay to the th railroad Is I 1 ft a big t alf e proposition pro apo n as compared c OB with the th e marketing mar ke ting of ot livestock idt another anoche r thing thin g not thought though t ot of 0 by the western westen 11 farmer tarn ncr Is that some s om jay his lands are ar e going go ing to run out ou t W to t certain extent esteb it if i s some om e k kind nd of husbandry IU Is not P practiced ced I 1 it if t howe however ve nearly evereth everything n g pr produced adl Is fed 0 on the farm and t the he fertility f ert allty in this thi way practically y all returned re turn ed to the th soil the farms 5 can bo be iu lust el as good g 00 when handed d down 0 wn to t 0 the t he children childr er a as a they are arc now there Is la me more iro fertility fert hit sold from the farms t arms many m any times in i hay bay and grain than ban the th c p price rice of the th crop would br bring n g back ba ck watch vatch CT this th carefully and se see e to it tha that it products prod net are marketed t from rom your yo ur farm in i n a concentrated form 0 rm leaving lea ivan g the fertility fe to help y you ou grow g toi w n new cw crops cr op another addan advantage ta age of the livestock lives oc business Is that t it equalizes ec lua alze s the work w to a great ex extent te nt on 0 n th the e average ave rag farm arm for in th the winter win ter when the th crops do not worry a vo rry one e w we e have the th livestock to ta take k e care ca re of and in the th summer when t the ie work w or k of the crops c rop Is rushing the 1 ivest oc t takes ta ces but ant little li attention A As s a rule ule r the th e man who wh Is busy is th the e man who w ho Is making ma kin money and if he 8 can furnish fu enli h labor labo r all a the year aroun around d will be b e able nl ble to reap rea OL a larger profit from the he t investment en C chart hart 1 I compo composition s uon of feeds fee ds j s mso W Is 10 4 jsu 3 0 0 m 1 3 0 2 cr i as feed s p P B S 0 m aloalii All alii 1 1 ab 9 timothy 28 13 1 wild hay 42 13 1 corn fodder 25 12 1 oat straw 13 08 0 wheat stray straw 08 04 0 wheat 88 15 1 bran 1 21 28 0 shorts 1 30 45 4 corn 78 43 4 barley 84 16 1 oats 88 43 4 sugar beets 13 98 01 0 1 mangels 91 10 55 02 0 2 carrots 08 77 03 0 milk 34 48 37 3 skim milk 94 29 53 03 0 whey 62 06 50 02 0 C chart hart II 11 feeds that when used 1 toge together the make a balanced balanc e d ra ration tio n protein 1 ca carbohydrate abol hydrate feeds feeds eeb Is alfalfa with corn corr n barley barl ey bran r timothy tim othy wild 1 hay bay shorts corn con a 1 barley barl ey alfalfa oats alfalfa corn i fodder fodde r drain brain C chart hart ill III rations t for or D dairy air y c cows cow ow alfalfa hay a all 11 th that at the cows will wili wt eat grain 1 lb ib to eve every ry six pounds pound S 0 of milk AlI alfalfa alfa 30 lbs ibs 11 JS bran and ba barley rl ey 5 ib lbs ibs s Aal talta 20 lbs ibs 1 b 8 corn fodder 1 10 lbs ibs ib s bran and oa oats t s 5 1 lbs ibs alfalfa 25 lbs ibs ib s 11 mangels angels 25 lbs ibs b s bran and ba barley r ey or bran and on oats it s 5 be ba C chart sr lart IV ratio rations DS tor for H horses orse s 1 IV lbs ibs hay t to 0 1 lb ib grain grair 1 t to every lbs ibs live we weight beigh t of h horse ors and driving tes team ac a 10 1000 00 to 1109 1100 lbs iba ib a alfalfa or Ilin til timothy n 13 lbs ibs oats or oats and bran ra n 1 10 0 lbs ibs farm team 1 1200 to 0 1400 0 lbs ibs alfalfa or tic timothy nc othy 15 lbs iba oats or oats and bran ira n or oats and bar barley ie ey 12 it lbs ibs is draft team 1 1400 lbs 1 ibs bs up alfalfa or clr timothy n othy 20 lbs ibs to 24 lbs iba ib grain 12 lbs ibs to 20 ib lbs ibs s feed most 0 of f t the ho h hay ay at n night some s om in morning an and d but lit little tie at noon Q C chart hart V rations to for r fatt fattening benl enl ng cattle alfalfa 25 lbs ibs ib s barley and b bran ra in 3 to 5 lbs ibs 1 s wild hay 25 lbs ibs 11 is chopped wheat a t 3 to tc 3 5 lbs ibs rations tor for fatt fattening eni ng lambs alfalfa 2 to 4 lbs ibs barley 02 to 1 I 1 ib wild hay 2 t to 0 4 lbs ibs ib s oats or wheat t 02 to 0 1 ib |
