Show advantages of cotton seed cake as feed on range is told rold by range ringo expert ity fc J maynard V S 8 A C oom corn and cottonseed cake coke ire tre con co common inmon aed for or supplementing plem enting liny hey ir tr range ran in wintering sheep who what at is I 1 sometimes used but Is I 1 generally more difficult to teed on oil the rang than the other two tao however the ceding feeding value of ft heat makes it worthy orthy of consideration whir it nn on be obtained nt at prices price i lower loer thim the other two to an experiment conducted at the wyoming experiment static 1 hi ill wl uh ich corn and ruid cake coke were ere co compared when hen fed ed with till native 0 wild hay to throw light on the comparan com ve value of the two standard concentrates one pen of received a dally daily ration of 2 3 pounds cf hay and 27 pow cn of corn they made an A average gain of oil PO pounds ands PC per r head a ani I 1 their I 1 lambs a mb i on 1 I may a 31 eigher pounds on the average the other pen of ewes ees received 0 a dally daily ration of 23 ponds rids of hay and ruid 28 pounds of cat cal e they mode made an all average dally dolly rain gain of 09 pounds per head iii the winter feeding period and their lamba lambs on may 31 weighed A 32 4 pounds per head in this test there was as 7 73 3 pounds more weight eight per twe me and 59 more weight per lamb in favor of the tile cake fed group in the spring the energy value of corn wheat and cake based on the digestible each contain Is about the same and may be expressed pressed by the figures bo 80 for corn com 80 tor for heat and 78 tor for cake but cake conta ns 5 3 times aa As much protein as corn and 4 41 1 times as much protein as va w heat and the protein in cake Is of much than that contained in either of the graies if it alth roughage hagre available av callable Is similar to native airty and rind lew low in protein of good or bality then cake take un has an advantage in its eitts amt on oil the tle achis and u wool ool production through the winter it Is rafe nj to conclude tor for f aiom om these figures that with mill corn at 1 pir cake would pro proff f a teed feed at tit pr eight dike cake has ties an ati added in ill in its high colt cottelit elit of plimp phosphorus hortis which Is an essential in the welfare of ringe fall animals and which aich Is apt to tobe be in mot mo t rane range forage 1 rol 1 ter n dry eummer it is unfortunate fortunato un that there arc are no flerra available on oil thi th rubw q butco u acl ie le of slimp and find hubs on oil this thin exp ariment after they tie had pone through the sumintra krul ns rog gorlod Ani eletor that must to nc no in fer sern 3 is 19 tt fit of tl it ea forage or alo va w n ter range pome come 0 NII the range plants i rhion t f ut 0 fh vh v h r i t i e ar or known to be he quite high in their protein content UYI ina 1 wt I h such for or i u r n t 0 latiin better r ulli 11 w t 11 a concentrate could be ci vc aft led toed than chere native hav aas ima Is honed that definite budles be mado daubig the coming corning winter to throw imore light on this important inter preem |