Show Lambs Did Well When Fed on Russian Thistle One of ot the surprising outcomes of ot a lamb feeding experiment at the Akron Colo Cole station the tho was result result re re- sult suIt of ot feeding Russian Russan thistle an nn abundant weed pest on Colorado farms Eleven lots of ot twenty lambs each ench averaging 69 59 pounds were fed ted ninety da days s. Russian thIstle thistle this thIs- tle tie ground and fed ted as roughage was found worth per ton In feed replacement value Some Somo of ot the thistles fed were raked out of ot offence offence fence corners while others had hail been cut green and allowed to cure care for the test Some of ot tho the whole thistles were fed to cull lambs Iambs on the side and It was found that It ItIs ItIs itis Is not necessary to grind them If It they are cut when green The common Canada thistle of the East has bas long IonS been considered pretty good hay If cut green We have seen cows cows' and sheep eat It as though they liked It Dry Russian thistle runs around l 5 per cent proteIn protein pro pro- tein and nod SO 30 carbohydrates Rural Rural New Yorker |