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Show SOILING NOT ADVIS "" I'll ABLE IN UTAH JI Prof. F. T. Llnllelil, Utti li experiment Stntlon. ' m M I notice sonie cotnnients on sollliiR nlfnlfa In Color ido 1 'I A C . Ill Ihe lluedcm' (lasette of Jul) ;nd l'nr )enni we fed nlfalf.i and other Rreen empn to town, wllb in ilnl) two ub-Jeits ub-Jeits In vliw, lltsl, lu lenrn the niea of land neiesstir) to support iv cow for otto )tar, and second lo note how to avoid the tlmiRer of bio it To iniiko our nimpirlsoii lomplcte minthir lot of tows wits fid on mi nire pasture of mixed Rrass Wo found that we could not depend upon nlfnlfn nlono If we expectetl to feed It 111 the best condition nnd so oilier crops were Rruwn lo tit In bitvvccn the time cnttltiL.it. 'Ihe cows weie fed In the tttnblu mt 1 turiitd In the corral nt night. Now for the lesulls, the average for four )cats tests One atie of land 'soiled' kept two cons In ft tit for 108 dn)H, diirliiR which time the) producid 3111 pounds of milk mid 117 11 pounds of butter fnt, eiiulvulcnt In 17."J pounds of biittir. which nt 20 cents per pound makes 131 61 The niiltnils Ruiutd 10". iKiiiiius in live weiriii One Here of land seeded to mixed grnltiH us p lsiiu e suprortid two cows for 10J (bt)s, (luring vv tile tt time ttuy prodiued 4017 pounds of milk mid 1SJ s imiiuds of hultet fnt, tiittlvaliiit tn .'Jit omuls of butter, which ut 20 cents per pound equals til 2K 'Iho animals ani-mals lost in paiindB lu live weight. Tho cows wero kept on this ncre pasltirn continuous!) mid not taktn off exci pt twite n month to bo vvilghcd. Tho best lesulls for nno siiison wns In 1807, fen tho soiling cropit uhtn ono ncie stlpoiled two tows for 111 da)H. (luring which tlmo tin y prodittrd 4ISI pounds of milk und 104 X pounds of butter but-ter fat, which equals in 3 pounds of butter. This ut 20 tents ptr pnuiid makes JI" 1(1 Ihe unlmals lost C9 imiiuds In live weight. Iho best )cnr'H icturn from the ncre pastured wuh In IMS, when II rupforteil two tows for ii ilnyu, during whlth time tiny pin-tluced pin-tluced Cr pounds of milk mid 221 6 pounds of battel fat. equivalent to Jf.8 5 pounds of biitltr. This nt 20 tents per pound klvts JM 70 from tho ncie The tows lost ISO mil mil In llvo weight. In these tests the cows had the p isture oi soiling tiops only, no grain was fed Tlie ncies upon which these rettulls weie ntitulnei! have it vtry thin soil, with n gravelly sub-sol! but the Irrigations, Irri-gations, wero firqtitnt Trotn observations observa-tions tutide In titlier parts of tills Stale and nn hctttr 1 iml I tun convinced that much better results rnn he nb- W H ilnetl ivlV iH I was latlur surprised nt these re- j 'H H suits ns regunls the tnmpnratlvc le- r , ffl LH turn i fiom pnstiin vs soiling, us It Is I U H contiui) In what the general Informa- . 1 HJM M Hon on litis olnt lead us tn expect. I tjm H Two possible i xplatiatlniis nro sug- t IW H gisted I'll si with Irrigation the pas- , (;M H tine dues not dr) up during the warm I ' m H suiuiui r wiulliir mid thus with tho luflaH warm vv outlier and ninple moisture wa jflH asl kit nn iibiiuihiiit grow th of pusttire nil j ,;tuB H slimmer Again I found that when j il'HB H tows were tiirnid to pasttiro In tho I yf, 9H H spring thev titmott Invarlabl) Increased t ' , MM H In their How of milk from ten to (it ''fSH H twin!) per tent 'Hu lows changed to i i lUMBt H Rltetl tied 111 the Stable do not In- J ii r fMJ H trtase peneptihl) In Ibclr How nf mtlk, li, ,J; mH LH Ihoiikli Die natiirnl det reisa may be ar- 'M tm H nstel for a week or two 'J 1(5 M H Thus win u cows me selected which ?Jfl H bcfoif titrnliiB lo Bnen Tied arc prno- !l!" sH lliall) tquul lu prodticllon, lliosn a i'.'X I1 H tin tied to pasture will Increase lu their U tj.t VM M milk llnw while those soiled do not, i Jjjj! Mm LH thus thli p isture fed tows start tho IJ!f 'JJS LH seasons pioiluetioil ut il lilRlur level lasf'tlnsB sH tluiii tliose In the xtable, and for thin V J M H leiisou pioduce iiioro milk for tho sum- , I! "J f 1 l'nr right )eurs we hnd pasturctl 'l! ) nl H tows on u inlxid grass pasture, width ll' H BH sH lontalned quite it let of alfalfa and ' ' 9H H bad also fed alfalfa as a soiling cmv. t ).H. 1 Snme tows that wi could not safely 8 f fBL H pasture vvere stitiessfully soiled on tho rt V BH M ulfiilfu. Our plan was not to turn tho jjj.v liQ c own out to pastille till tho Rrass got a a IfiH LH rood start In tho spring, turn them out tfc M 1 full and kicp lliem In the pasture tlay '111 I,'" Bfl H mid night I'm tho llrst two or threo i HB H dajs a mnii was kept continually with , 't IM tlteiii. 'Iho green alfalfa wuh cut every . ., iH M tlay or ever) second tiny und fed to the lira tjS niivH kencrully when a little wilted. MT ifH H We lot t hut ono heifer lu the eight sen- jjuj M H sons nu pasture, bail to stick but two , I ;'J , M animals nml this was from a transgrea- r I i lfB hIoii of our rule of mnniiRtuicnt I 'fj'r 3H LH thought our iiiethnd wns n sure thing. Jjj ii' 1H M Tills spring a soiling experiment wan till dU jlfl fl stnrted nnd nne of tho cows bloited ,1 Uf yBB B somewhat ror thne or four days Tho , ! K? Vm M other tow showed ito signs of bloat for "bum !H sLH tho 111 st live daj a' feeding, nnd wo if rt i9 sH thought nil dmiBir wan reicr. On tho y BSft flH eve nlug of the Htth day she was milked V Swt ! M nnd gave her usual quantity of milk: (' trV iM M llfteen ininitis after she was (lend I (j- Jsja IM have got to Is Bin over again, bolllnc IffB IH sM has In en tried In Utftli for some years, t iLjtttiH sBH but when nn ncre of mixed grass pas- r'l? 31 HHl turu will prodino 2J1 S pounds of butter I p jit np HH fit In it season, twenty-seven pounds If V 1IT HH more thmi we have )tt nbtalneil from 1 7 Jn Bjfll an tie re soiled. I will wait before I ml- !' ' sKI vocuti Urn sollliiR svslem with Its ex- ''' jtlBI tru labor, lu an Irrigated district, .H HH |