Show Timothy Is Inferior to Alfalfa Tests Made fade in St. St Paul to toI Determine Value of Feeds I Pentland timothy hay has hus been shown by careful feeding feuding tests at nt the time I Minnesota Agricultural experiment station to be superior to upland ulland timothy timo thy Ihy tiny hay Chemical analyses have shown that the time protein content of or pentland timothy is lOm 1001 per Jer cent ent whereas that of at upland timothy Is pei pm cent Still pentland timothy falls foils t t of alfalfa as a 8 feed for young steers To determine the time values alnes of the two forage crops the time animal husbandry hus bus bandry handry division of at the central station station sta sta- sta tion University farm St. St Paul started a feeding test on nn three groups f f steers of ten term each One was full fed fedon fedon fedon on shelled shelle corn and alfalfa hay another another another an an- other on shelled corn arid and timothy and another on shelled corn cornand cornand cornand and pentland timothy with two pounds of If linseed meal a day dUJ u added ded It was found at the end of days daJ's that the time margin per er steer teer overfeed overfeed over overfeed feed cost COt on shelled Corn com and alfalfa hay was 2247 on nn the time shelled corn cornand cornand and timothy 1731 and on un in corn COID linseed meal and peat peat- lund land timothy It took 1001 the time added linseed meal to bing the time pEntland peat pEnt land timothy up to the level of alfalfa The return per bushel of shelled corn COin cornIn In the time first group was and In the time second group and in the third |