Show Time Of Cutting Will ViII Affect Alfalfa Product At the Duchesne county second annual Feeders' Feeders Day held at Roosevelt Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt last spring one of the speakers speak speak- ers was W. W G. G Gentry of Ioka loka Mr Gentry talked on the proper time timeto to cut alfalfa hay Mr Gentry was chosen for this subject because because because be be- cause he had successfully fed a carload of beef steers on alfalfa hay and had succeeded in toping the market with them At the time tinge Mr Gentry gave the talk at the Feeders' Feeders Day he had a carload of steers on feed Concerning them under date of ot May 30 he writes as follows I 1 did fairly well with the cattle cattle cattle cat cat- tle I fed again last winter I 1 bucked all kinds of h handicaps extreme extreme extreme ex ex- cold weather poor hay as asa asa asa a result of last seasons season's drouth as well as other things Still my steers were good and sold on Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den market May 2 for weighed 1030 pounds and two cows 44 My steers were younger and much thinner as result of the dry season than the bunch a a. year ago Still while they were not quite as well finished as a year ago they were what they wanted as the price shows Farmers everywhere recognize that alfalfa fed steers will not top the market against grain fed steers unless the alfalfa is of superior superior superior su su- su- su quality A year ago now we sent to each of you a card with the following message Alfalfa No 6 After a study of his own experience experience experience ex ex- and considerable reading W. W G. G Gentry calls our attention to the fact that in a feeding test of alfalfa hay conducted for three years the animals required to produce produce produce pro pro- duce a one hundred pounds of gain with beef animals was as follows bud stage 1628 pounds tenth bloom 2086 full bloom 2165 pounds seed stage 3 10 pounds He also says I 1 see no reason why second crop hay should not be as good as third crop hay if cut at the same stage of growth and cured as well as third crop hay Farmers alfalfa hay is of various various various vari vari- ous grades Are you handling your hay to feed to productive livestock County Extension Agent |