Show EFFICIENT FEEDING I AND LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK t MANAGEMENT T I L th BY lit I u u 1 th 1 lit Its lIu I III I il of i I Silage Good For Sows I Is being fed to cattle on n a ferns bred sows also ulso can make ke good use of either oln Borg II sorghum Ol 01 grass silage just so it is properly supple supple- supplemented limited Free access to silage but limo lim- grain and supplement keeps sows in e excellent trim saves SIlVeS teed feed and insures mole mOIl moler r V thrifty litters this than if soils soil's t are kept in Ii h l A tion during g I q I till gestation I I period Silage Sil feeding may D Sta rt lt II l month ahead of breeding Hr Dr Buh IJ U thus the giving I 7 l a chance nt at flushing the sows starting about two tWI weeks be be- be beLore Lore fort the th bleeding season Corn silage is eaten in amounts of 12 10 poun pounds s II a day grass silage sorghum slings I L 2 or 01 3 pounds less soul 3 alb to 4 poun pounds s of a 20 protein bal bal- balancer t ancer A mixture of equal parts ferns farm grain 1111 and is 1 v C lI cH r rl doily I per head makes the ration l o I II suitable h for gilts g und and 2 Y to 3 pounds of it for foJ older sows This ration is fed during of the gestation period DUI Busing the lust last third to properly J nour- nour ish lath Loth dam dum an and developing Ii lifter the grain should lie be in- in to G 50 pounds for gilts and 4 6 pounds for sows If this the supplement used in the grain in Is n a commercial one till the chances ate Ale that it contains proteins minerals and If the supplemental grain is home mixed it sissy may well veil con on contain tain some animal along with any oil meal and may in- in include clude 1 u J yx of s a e ut oP equal parts lime lime- limestone stone or 01 similar phosphate and trace ce mineral salt alt with tree access also to tc tin sonic same kind of Q a mineral mix mix- tUle tors on the sl side e A 1 commercial vitamin A and 1111 D premix nd l suited according tL ti iii riot ions of the manufacturer will lil be Silage rations of this sort have hl been fed on n a concrete slab sInh OJ or in 1 lingo II Igl troughs or 01 in u a su suit it- it able self feeder cr If fp fed in u a trough hough the rain grain supplement may mn be fed on top of the Moldy should never le be fed to hogs hog's least of all to preg- preg pregnant leg nt nl sows Nos NOI should even cven good slings be foil fed us as the main- main mainstay stay to nursing sows They need at least twice the amount of grain of a gestation ration How may range cattle best Lc be provided with will phosphorus A Mon Montana tana ranchers found it effective and and cal to range pellets and imd protein suIt blocks with extra phosphorus An investment of 25 cents in extra phosphorus In winter re- re returned turned worth of added d calf weight ht Ill at weaning time |