Show BARLEY A GOOD SUBSTITUTE E FOR FOIL CORN COlt corn and oats do o not flour flour- ash ish In la a great degree barley is extensively ex ex- expensively pensively used as a feed teed for tor farm animals animals an an- throughout the northern states especially in the colder climate Barley BaIley yields more pounds for feed teed per acre than do oats Ince the feeding feeding feed teed ing value of ba barley Is as or r even higher than oats pound for tOr pound The acres of ot high yielding strains of ot barley should be Increased and the grain used for far live tor-live live stock feeding The hors horses J of California are quite fed ted on crushed liar barley ley Crushed rushed and ground hartley barley Is even cven than pats oats pound for tor poun pound for tor work horses but whole barley is worth slightly less The entire spring and past Jt summer on a dry farm tarm wh Where re 8 horse teams were commonly common common- ly y used these horses hones were fed ett rou rolled d barley and al alfalfa aUa hay The horses maintained their flesh well throughout through through- out the summer as they should on a I ration of ot this character Barley Is the common feed teed for tor dairy cows cowa lin in Northern Europe The Danes sow barley and andI oats together in do n the proportion of at one e part of at barley barley barley bar bar- ley to two of oats the ground mixed grain from rom this crop crap being regarded as the best beat available ble feed teed for tor dairy cows and pother cither stock Cache valley have adopted adapted oo the same Bame practice practice tice for tax many a Cache valley cow makes her pound butter fat tat record record record rec rec- rec- rec ord with the barley and out oat feed teed for tor 00 concentrates At Ait the Wisconsin n station ground barley has proved fully tUlly equal pound und t for r pound to ground corn for Cor dairy cows farming ta 60 per cent of 01 the concentrate mixture barley should always be ground and crushed crushed crush crush- ed oed for lor cattle Soaking Is a very very poor Door substitute for tor any class clasS' of Orlive live stock Barley is a more concentrated grain than oats and better for tor feed feed- dug cattle sheep and pigs Fed FedJ with alfalfa hay particularly to steers and lambs Iambs barley has given entirely entire entire- ly satisfactory results In the recert retort re- re tort cert trial conducted at the Monroe Experiment pl plant nt barley and alfalfa hay returned a a. poo profit Lt per lamb of ot Charging 1000 per ton for tOr alfalfa hay and andl der per hundred hundredweight hundredweight d weight for tor barley arley With the same iPrI price e a aton ton for tor alfalfa and with corn cornat at per hundred a profit per perl l lamb of was made O Of 01 course this is a lesser price for tor co corn con n than I we wo can hope to to- buy It for tor In the ba ba- ba- ba sin In Great Britain and Northern Europe barley takes the thO place of ot corn i for tor pig feeding leading e all aU countI countries In producing pork o of fine quality In American trials good good gro wn barley when ground was worth 5 pc por PM lent cent less leas than corn for tor pi pigs s. s The gains of cattle fed ted around barley will usually be as rapid as though fed ted corn but burt In some come instances In Instances In- In stances slightly more feed may be required required re ra- re- re for pounds grain due to the fact tact that barley Is ls higher in fibre than corn Barley should al always always al- al ways waye be crushed or ox ground for tor catL cat- cat tie tle L Tough Though barley te fB somewhat lower In value than corn In crude protein It 11 Is decidedly In ch char character r- r acter octer and should be fed with legume hay or 4 with a nitrogenous concentrate concentrate concen concen- for tr the best results The protein protein protein pro pro- tein of ot barley Is fa also unbalanced in composition like Uke that of oY corn wheat and the other cereals cereal Due to this In feeding pigs without pasture bettor better results are arc se secured when barley bar- bar loy ley Is supplemented with dairy byproducts byproducts by by- products or than when fed with or linseed ed meal The rho best lands land for barley are wellon well wellon wellon on local page pago v From Page One BARLEY DARLEY A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR CORN drained soils solle or sandy soils The best results are aro obtained from early seeding The best method m of olf seeding is 19 by drilling and ands the be best t method of or harvesting is by bY bYa a binder Probably Probably Frob- Frob ably the best bost variety for this region is Uintah basin farmers It seems should be growing wing m more re barley o 0 o |