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Show Profits in LivestockFeeding Livestock LivestockFeeding LivestockFeeding Feeding for Farmers Some counties oounties of Utah do pro- pro produce pro produce - duce a surplus of feed enough i so sothat sl slthat . " that they must look beyond the their thelt theirborders theltborders borders In order to dispose of It ItOnly ItOnly Only a year or so ago one county countyIn count ; In the state ( MUlard Millard ) was report- report reported reported - - - ed to be grinding grindlng and shipping shipplni shippingalfalfa shipplnialfalfa alfalfa to England EnglandThe The point is that we are reaU realh realhproducing ! , < 1 ' producing a surplus fe feed d In sorn some some somesections sections of the state principal principally prlncipalll principallyin prlncipalllin ! In the Irrigated setlons setiOI1s setions Box Eldercounty Eldpr Elder Eldprcounty r county Is sending sendlng about 30 30000 000 tons tow tonsI tonsof towof LS I of alfalfa and 2500 2500000tons ooOtons of of ofwheat ' wheat out each year Are fanneiIn farmerb farmer farmerbIn : & In these the'IC theIC ' sections getting as mucfor much muchfor muchfor h for their crops as they could be hr begetting hrgetting getting or could they by 80me some 80meother someother other system sy.tem sytem . obtain a better mar market market market ket price and at the same time timedo timedo tim do a II . better job of keeping up thelsoil their theirsoil soil oU fertility ? Less than thirty five years agone ago age agoone ageone one of tlie the famous tamoU lamb Jamb and cattle cattlefeeding cattlefeeding cftltlfeeding feeding section of the United Statewas States Stateswas Stateswas was feeding no more livestock thaUtah than thanUtah thanUtah Utah Is today The question comes comesI comescould come-could come could -could could - - ould we not profitably feed 1Utah In InUtah inUtah I Utah more livestock than we arnow are arenow arenow e now feeding ? The q\ q qi qtlon q > \ ( > ostion estion tlon 1most In InI Inmost Inmost I most men mpn s minds mind ' ! Ls Is when It the thebest thbest i ilbest lbest best time to start ? It must mut ' ! be kept In mind thathe that thatthe I : the feeding of livestock must roust be bemade bmade 1 1made made a business that 1 I h . to bcarried beI be becarried becarried I carried on year after year Tfeed To Tofeed Tofeed feed cattle or lambs one year and andI andthen anithen I then lay out o the h hh next year Ls is poobusiness p poor poorbusiness ; hexfte exfte : ; : : I uen : business for the h feeder Is ouwhen out outwhen t i iwhen when he ought to be In and Is tlwhen In InI Inwhen inwhen I when he ought to be out That Thatwould Thawould : would be like running a store toa for for'a fora 'a a ' a month and then closing It up toa for fora fora a month or two History H1story does not notshow notshow noshow show that feeders have made money moo mon mooI mooey money I ey by following such a policy buIs but butIB butIs IB Is does show where men have fed fedconsistently fedmnsistently fe feconsistently < consistently mnsistently each year over a perlod per periOO perod iOO od and fed the number they coulraise could couldraise couldraise ( raise teed feed tor for or at least thiroughage the theroughage theroughage ' roughage for they have made madeI mademoney madehoney madimoney ' I money -honey honey - Find Plnd any community tlthe In Inthe i ! the United States where such ipolicy a apoliey aollcy poliey ) ollcy of feeding has been follow- follow followed followtd followed - ed td and you will wtll find a prosperwisprogressive prosperous prosperousprogressive prosperousrrogresslve progressive rrogresslve community communityAny communityAny communityAny Any feeding program anywhen1 anywherein anywheren anywhere In n the United States must be beI bebuilt bebuilt txbuilt ' built atround alround home t thrown IJrown Town feedsIt feed feeds feedst . I I It : t Is IB the only foundation founda tlon on whicisuccessful which whichsuccessful whichuccessful successful uccessful feeding can be built Ra Its Ratlons Itsions tlons ions made with home growrfeeds grown grownfeeds growneeds feeds eeds are cheaper and In this daiof day dayof dayif of if keen competition it Is nec necessary necssary neeessary essary ssary to watch all aU the corners cornersUtah cornersUtah cornersUtah Utah produces good alfalfa aigood as asgood asrood good rood es as can be produced anywhereand- anywhereand anywhereandbetter anywhere anywherei anywhereend i and-- and end- end andbetter endbetter - - better than that producedIn producedI producedn produced producedin I in n most places . . . This TbIB Is a goochigh-grade goochigh grade good goodI goodhighgrade goodughgrade I high-grade high grade ugh-grade ugh - roughage and t a ' start for any feeding -progr progr - program m- m mAlfalfa - Alfalfa furnishes fumishes the nec- nec necessary nec necessary - . essary vitamins and calcium as asweD aswell asweB weD well . as 11.8 118 an abundance of very highgrade highgrade high grade protein The necessary highI protein pro pro- protein protein - I tein for the ration can generally generallyI generallybe generallybe be furnished more cheaply by al alfalfa alfalfa alfalfa I falfa than by any other sourceI sourceWe sourceWe source I We produce a lot of grain both bothwheat bothwheat bothwheat 1 1concentrated wheat and barley They are the theconcentrated theconcentrated concentrated foundation of the theraUon theration theration raUon ration It If U animals animaL ; arc are to be fat fattened fattend fattened tened tend they must have carbohy carbohydrate carbohydrate carbohydrate drate oncentrates concentrates concentrate-s concentrate s - I am ant lItrongly strongly lItronglyof stronglyof stronglyof of the opinion opmloo optnron that at the presentprice present presentprice presentprice price of wheat a considerably considerab1y bet better better better ter price prtce could be obtained from fromIt fromit fromIt It by feeding It to livestock thanby than thanI thanby thanby I market mar1tet Some Someyeara Someyears Someyears by selling It to the yeara years there Is produced In the state stateI statea statea I a considerable quantity of wheat wheatwhich wheatwhich wheatwhich which Is IB of low value due to rev sev reveral severa severa eral era ! ) causes Remember that thatshrucken thatshrucken thatI to tomany tomany tomany I &hruckl'n hruckln shrucken . & ' whea wheat t has according many experimental expenmental tests a feed feedlng feedhag feedIng lng hag value of grain of high milling millingqu millingquality millingquillty The feeding t ( lue of ofwhl'at ofwheat ofwheat quillty qu ) llty ofI I whl'at whlat wheat ' for tor fastening fa'tenlng fatenlng fattening ' caUl cattip cattle " or lambs lambsIs lambsIs than thanthat thanthat thanthat Is about ten per cent higher that of ot comBarley cornBarley corn com cornBarley Barley the other Importar l t Jl'Tnln JlTnln grain Jl'Tnlnraised grainraised ' rralnraised raised In the state has a feeding feedingvaiue feedingvalue feedingvalue vaiue value for fattening cattle equal equalto equalto equalI For Foreeedlng Forfeeding Forfeeding I to 90 00 to 95 per cent of corn eeedlng feeding barley and wheat whe9t rot nns rats nnsbe 'II II ' ' 'III Is Ispreferred ispreferred Ispreferred I be chopped or roll rolletl rolled t1 Rolling RolI1ng Roiling preferred to grinding tor for either eitherI eitherwhf'at eitherwheat eitherwheat I whf'at whfat wheat ' or barley Rolled Roiled grains grainsare grainsare grainsare are more palatable and will wtll cause causem causemuch causemuch Al Also Also Also trouble from bloat m much nch less grinding Is much to bepreferred be bepreferred bepreferred so course preferred Either of these U1ese grains grainsground grainsground grainsground ground fine especially wheat . and andbarley andbarley andbarley barley are not as throughly throuphly : dlgestable dl- dl dlgestable dl-gestable dl gestable - gestable According to work done doneat doneat doneat at Wlsconsin.Ftation WlsconsinFtation Wisconsin . Station tfon In 1936 and andI"t andat andat at " some other stav-ona stav ona sta\"O sta "O O staitons \ . lI " - since stnce thenfinely then thenfinely thenfinely I"t It finely ground grain " actually "ctually ctually has haslass hasftf fS lass } ' ! & } feedingvalue feeding value th&n thn t.ha.n tha.n than . & coarselyground coarselyaground coarsely coarselyground ( , aground ground grain and It costs 006ts more tothoroughly to to19rtnd togrind It fine e The reason whenit Btless itBtless Btlessd It Btlessfine Is I.a Ia . less lessI lessthoroughly I 19rtnd thoroUgb1J thoroughly thoroughlye thoroughlydigested digested when when ground groundfine d : fine Is 15 likely due to the tact fact that It forms a 8 ball bail of dough In thestomach the thestomach th stomach which Is not easily mix- mix mixwith mixwith mixwith - with the digestive JudasWhile Jucles Juclas Judas While oats are fine for your an- an animals animals - Imals which are being grown out outthey outthey outhey they are too bulky to be used as asthe asthe a the only concentrate tor for fatten- fatten fattenIng fattenlag - Ing lag Adding 15 to 20 per cent of ofoats ofoats oats to barley or wheat mixtur mixture mixtureof of the two will wlU help heip materially in inpreventing inpreventing 1 ; preventing b bloat loa l o a t T The h e same sameamount sameamount amount of dry bfref beef f pulp will wlll have havethe havethe hav the same effectCom effectCorn effect Corn Com silage whicn whtcn can be pro- pro produced ro- ro roduced - duced in every section of the state statewhf'rt statewhere where whf'rt whfrt ' ' we have Irrigation Is very veryvaluable ver vervaluable veryvaluable valuable feed and one must mwt not notoverlook notoverlook overlook especially In those sec secIon seclong long lon Ion . where wet beet bpet oulp pulp Is not notavailable notavailable no noavailable available or on those farms fanus where wherethere wherethere there Is not sufficient wet pulp to tofinish tofinish ( finish out the t the feeding period periodOom periodCorn Corn Oom silage Is ls a cheap produce produceAn produceAn An acre will wUl provide more nutrient nutrientin In the form of corn com silage than thancan thancan can be produced from any othe other otherrap otherron ; rop rap ron Its feeding value Is high highWith highWith With 74 per cent water content it itIB itis Is IB forty to fifty per cent as mud much muchas muchas mudas as alfalfa hay tor for fattening cat catUe cattie tie Ue Where trench silos sUos or snow snowfence snowfence fence silos are used the cost of ofstoring ' storing silage added to the ration rationw1ll rationwill will w1ll Incerease the dally daily grains grainsIlower grainslower Ilower lower the cost of ot grains and hellr helpI help helpmaterially helpmaterially materially in reducing rf'duc1ng rfduc1ng ' bloatThe bloatThe bloat I I The feeding of ot livestock on any anyI anyfarm anyfarm farm is also Important In soil con conservation conservation I ' servatlon servation Any farm on which whichlivt'stock whichlivestock - livestock livt'stock livtstock ' feeding has been carried carriedon carriedon on for some time Is more fertlle fertile fertlleand fertileand and therefore is producing largei larger largercrops largercrops largeicrops crops than neighboring farms on onwhich onwhich which livestock feeding teeding Is not be- be being beIng - - ing doneThe done doneThe doneThe The application of barnyard ma- ma manure manure - - nure to farm land Is the mOfit most mOfitpractical mostpractical mos < practical method yet found foi for forkeeping forkeeping keeping up the soil fertility fertllity Not Notall Notall No < aU all of the profits In cattle feeding feedingcan feedingcan can be found In the difference dl1ference between between be- be between - - tween the buying and selling price priceof priceof of 51 the animals Feeding the crop cropproduced cropproduced cropproduced produced on the farms this thlB yearmeans yearneans year means neans larger crops next year it if thenanure themanure the manure nanure Is IB taken care of and appli appll- appll applled appli- appli applied applied - - ed ed to the land _ |