Show ALFALFA HAY IS 1 GOOD FOR HORSES fed with corn it makes a well balanced ration alfalfa bay can safely be fed either as the sole roughage for horses or to replace half or more of timothy or i prairie hays according to A 0 rhoad of the isea york state college ot agriculture experiments have shown that horses at hard work and fed alfalfa hay as the sole roughage maintained their weight on 20 to 22 per cent less grain than others fed timothy hay alfalfa makes a well balanced ration alien fed with corn alone timothy hay may not be fed with corn alone ia this Is low in protein and needs a supplement to balance it alth grains other than corn such as oats barley and bran which in themselves contain considerable protein alfalfa should not be used aa the sole roughage under such circumstances cum stances lower the amount of alfalfa fed use for example halt alfalfa and half timothy for horses the first cutting of al falfa Is more beneficial than the second and third cuttings second and third cuttings are preferable for dairy c ittle because the stems are not as coarse and there Is a larger proportion of leaf area for horses hoider hoi eer the first cutten cutt ln Is better as it Is not washy and Is coarser it Is common ly advised to cut alfilda when one third in bloom and this Is highly de tor the dairy cow alfalfa la better as a feed for horses however it it Is cut at a later stage when almost mature io better roughage exists tor growing colts than alfalfa hay the high protein and lime content of hay la just what the growing animal needs to build farro muscle and dense bone ensilage Is essential to cattle and sheep feeders of beef cattle and sheep hare even more reason to build a fillo and feed silage than the dairymen according to experiment station results tet nearly all dairymen feed silage while the majority of beef men and sheep men do not after summarizing the results of nil experimental data available prof F B morrison Morr lson director of the new york experiment station finds that the average ton value of silage for dairy cows Is approximately one third that of good mixed hay while the per acre yield of silage Is four or five times greater than that ot hay for beet cattle he finds silage worth halt as much per ton as clover hay and tor sheep more than halt as much in an average of 20 trials with two year old steers gains on silage fed cattle cost a hundredweight less than on steers fed no silage in these tests a ton of silage replaced 27 pounds of concentrates and COS pounds of clover hay prof morrison Morr lson who has long been considered one of the foremost teed ang authorities of the country feels that cattle and sheep feeders like the dairyman could make greater profits by feeding pigs at weaning time need plenty of grain pigs at weaning time should be getting all the grain they will eat the ration should include or some form of milk with a good pasture on which to run pigs should ba getting a good start for market weight pigs which are doing well should make a pound a day gain in weight self feeders are a convenient means for feeding corn and and tha use of self feeders results in as good and often better gains than the hand feeding method A self feeder should keep the feed dry keep teed before the pigs at all times and prevent waste II 11 live stock hints lambs should be docked and cas grated before they re three weeks old alfalfa hay may be fed with safety ng the sole roughage for ewes and young lambs records ire n feces alry part of an intelligent conduct of the hog business experiments indicate that pounds of boiled potatoes poti toes will go about as far in feeding hogs as pounds of raw potatoes poti toes sheep are useful in destroying weeds and they will eat more different kinds 0 weeds than other live stock t the breeding ewes should have a few weeks before the lambing season and be ell fed while suckling lambs mange stunts pigs and prevents eat Is factory gains in severo cases they become dip the alga in a one to 40 dilution of altce sul chur keep the quarters clean |