Show LIVE NEWS I FEEDING LAMBS LAl ON HAY SILAGE HAY RATION That silage can be us used d In the feeding of 10 lambs robs when It Is not dep depended on entirely has hag been shown vr by the animal husbandry de de- de- de department department department of ot the college In the feeding or of a carload of or lambs that topped the Kansas City market Silage also de de- de- de decreases decreases creases the cost of ot gains The rhe lambs I sold for tor 17 1725 1723 per hundred These lamb lamba were divided Into six lots Iota according to Prof Prot U II It R Reed of at f the animal husbandry department of the Kansas State Agricultural college who had the feeding under supervision The Tho first lot was fed on alfalfa and shelled corn with sixth one-sixth pound ot of cottonseed d meal The second lot was Wal ted fed on silage In place of ot alfalfa shelled corn com and third one-third pound ot of cottonseed meal A third lot was fed fedon fedon on slings silage three fourths pound of or ai- ai al- al alfalfa falfa al-falfa talta falfa corn and sixth one pound ot of cottons cottonseed d meal Another lot was fed Ced for tor 20 0 days the th UI In same ome me as lot two and for tor 40 days das the ration given lot three One lot was wall ted fed as lot two for 30 days s and as ns lot three for 30 days das The last lot was WI ted fed the lot two ration for tor 40 days and for tor 20 days the lot three ration The aim of or the experiment was waa to determine some foroe substitute for tor alfalfa and also to find out Just how complete complete- completely ly Iy the substitute could replace alfalfa in 10 the ration ration- Almost any leguminous hay can cnn be substituted but such tuch hay har cannot always be raised The expert expert- experiment experiment ment meat Indicated according to Professor Professor sor R Reed ed that silage can be used very advantageously but where It Is III used to the total exclusion of alfalfa or any other hay hoy It Is difficult to keep the lambs on feed teed |