Show LIVE stock m JAPANESE MILLET IMPERFECT FEED experiments show it to be inferior to timothy hay made from japanese or barnyard millet sometimes called billion dollar grass Is as inferior to timothy hay as a food for sheep data of an experimental na ture are available showing the value of this roughage for sheep the above statement as to its merits in compall com parl son with timothy and a general als of timothy hay as a roughage for sheep will permit of some deductions says D 8 bell of the ohio ex perl ment loni in practically all experiments which hare been contacted cond acted timothy hay hag been found a very inferior roughage for sheep feeding at the college of agriculture university of alberta al barta canada ewes fed timothy hav leaned lambs one halt of which died before aliey reached the age of twenty eight days bisot only was the loss of nursing lambs heavy but the ewes lost pounds eacle in weight during this lot of ewes was compared with another lot of similar ewes fed alfalfa hay this alfain fed lot raised all of the lambs leaned and the ewes were thrifty and vigorous in bulletin of the missouri aarl cultural experiment station Is found this statement concerning timothy hay as a roughage for pregnant land nursing ewes timothy hay proved to be such an interior ration that it was not continued the second year the data presented show that the ewes fed tiro othy hay and grain yeaned 17 cambs jambs five of were weak at birth and one born dead the ewes lost an av of pounds during he trial ewes fed clover bay and graan yeaned 18 laahs all of which were alive and strong at birth and these clover hay fed ewes pained 0 53 pounds each during the test alth japanese millet ranking infer lor to timothy hay as a roughage and timothy giving such poor results little can be said in favor of the millet in question the sheep ravier who Is striving for efficiency and econ of production will do well na t use such hay for his ewe flock if it seems desirable to grow millet for hay one of the foxtail groups german hungarian or common would bo more desirable and even these are not meritorious to any extent prevent cattle losses on sweet clover hav the precautions will prevent a good share of the loss of cattle on sweet clover hay or pasture moldy hay may contain poisons that will W stock sweet clover hay seems to thin the bood of the animals and cause it to lose its clotting charac some other kind of hay or th animals should be changed to another kind of roughage after two weeks OB sweet clover hay bloat 13 caused by the rapid decomposition of the high percentage of organic matter in green feed bloat on sweet clover pasture may be largely prevented by starting the ant mils on some other green pasture and then getting them used to the clover slowly in serious cases the pressure may be relieved with a farmer who pastures clover ft any land should have one or more on the place for emergency use university of e brasla heifer calves finish quicker than steers cattle feeders who are feeding calas and heifer calves together wf bobsene that the heifer calves seem to finish out quicker than the stten this Is not due to the ellei calves more rapid gains bat rather that they are somewhat smooth cr in and tend to put on surface fat sooner than the steea calves the feeder who has a of calves on feed should ship tha heifer calves as soon as they show enough finish to sell well on the mm let best veal calves no better veal calves can be pro ducca than those that come from the disease free herds of wisconsin ciol brown swiss shorthorns Shor thorns and for thoe who prefer the weights there are the smooth finished and jerseys veal has taken its place as a benr round food and the wisconsin farmers feel that their calica should sell n the baix grade basis that are accorded other live stock hogging down corn down cum Is a satisfactory plan to follow in hogs for market provided conditions are satisfactory is for this practice however if there Is much rainy weather during the period the hogs are running in the corn flold it Is very that moro orn corn c will be required 0 o produce JOO pounds of pain because some corn will be wasted in the mud ot other protein supplement will be re tor the arost port fan |