Show results of wintering on alfalfa hay H ly A western low a render writes how witch velgie will a COO GM poun I 1 ateer put on wi en ell fed nothing lilt it alfalfa liny hay during tie winter how now many pounds of feed enn I 1 get from a t n of alfalfa I 1 ay of 0 ourse course a lot depends on how thin the steers ire at the tile beginning of tho N inter na as well ell na as on tile ity of the tho hay tiny luit on the averige 1 w we e woul I 1 expect tho the steers to gal gain n just it little over a pound per head dally daily provided they are fed all the tiny hay tl ey will ent mt which will ably be around 25 pounds we would expect expert a ton of go di d alfalfa to produce about pounds of gain on moderately thin steers during the tho winter mth corn as cheap ne as it la Is this year we wonder if it it will III not inot pay to substitute five or six pound of corn for ten pounds pound of or alfalfa it tins A making the average dally daily ration 15 or 20 pounds of hay and five or fill six pounds of corn this should in crease the tile lally rains gains to a it little t tetter than one ono and a halt balf pounds without any creat great increase in the cost wall ices barmer |