Show 1 R LOTS IN GRAIN STRAW AND CORN COHN STOVER 10 4 A pf 4 N A F IMA W J F K 74 H HAY IN competition WITH STANDING FORAGE 1 kiy 11 the united states depart RE nt of or agriculture 1 f in n the united states of n K of feed available for cat its e of the important factors in sigh meat prices according to rt I 1 of a comprehensive survey of atlon in this country re W f I 1 L ted by the department of tho the failure to make use ted d material says the rc re 1 profits from cat E has unnecessarily ln in cost ost of meat production 1 discouraged cou raged many formers farmers fa aly rounding out their agri tIvI hies tIes la in car carrying ying on catto k the report the loss in ind and corn stover amounts ban i annually th ese ie products ore are disposed economically hen fed to 44 with some form abed ed feed straw Is espe ry ble le in carrying the breed rough agn the winter in win tag era rs and as a supplement re ge e for or fattening cattle ie Is an excellent feed for cattle ittle especially mature ws s nevertheless in many he the country where these e abundant little attempt taku advantage of their eie purposes lal straw crop of tons it Is to estimated o thirdy Is put to its best ck k production of the retie rein roin in ittle inona than one halt half Is A ed d under and the test lestis 15 he the total crop Is burned practically en rn absolute although plowing under ito uto something in to soil moll fer nellt to the aruid Is less aich ich would be derived from the he straw to produce ma all systems of obtaining moll ai fertility says the re Is so practical or as easily casily hat adof of feeding live stock ge go value of all kinds of I 1 ced ed at about 5 a ton la in s of course no such price ed for it and as its a matter about 8 per cent of the Is in sold the fagu e meni or may be talen as rep ie B value to the farmer of ivill will use it properly in his athons as feed or bedding illustrate how this may be ort rt gives three sample ra entering a breeding herd of on combined with k corn and cottonseed or 1 any one of thase these raid will prove economical follows atlon for cows pound pounds 10 20 mal or meal 1 20 cake or oil cake 2 10 tl 10 20 meal 1 lection it Is pointed out iding ing straw in the winter under certain circum ull 11 utilization of summer number of western elates states happens that grass goes ausa feeders are he high prices asked fr for spring with an aban aw w on dmd to lessen the ring feeders can take adie e lower prices tor stocker fall to secure on reason it t that time enough tock 11 I 1 the grass the follow ice atlon of 0 corn stover Is i that of grata grain straw 0 approximately 2400 ear A larger pereen percentage tage ils 13 Is fed th than anthe of the straw e Is nevertheless astonish s 91 poor methods of feeding responsible by far the acal method of handling but as a matter ai 81 per cent of the acre t la in the silo mile la in 1011 the ch these investigations about 11 pc pe wot colit was feed and 81 per ce t alture for grain it Is in aloo tion of he be acreage that waste occurs OMM stripping in the stalks which are burned removing remo Ting the the tile top ear only leading leming stand la in the field until caves eaves and leaching have rb bi of inear fertilizing it I 1 unthrifty methods fur lu ost 4 per cert of the bcd ed as though instead of noial source of revenue it a nuisance nul ianco to be cot got to plowing in the percentage 61 0 stover thrown away is 1 u hufh as 7 or 8 per cent and the total ao 1 9 to the country from the practice Is estimated at nearly a year to obtain satisfactory results from the feeding of fann farm hages euch such na as straw and stover they must be combined with some toria form of concentrated feed at the pre present tent time large quantities of such feed in th form of cottonseed meal and cake obrn molasses peanuts and beans are exported for the use of european feeders ders it if the straw and stoker stover that are tire now dunst jasd d wre employed to feed more cattle these concentrates could be consumed at home the result would bo be a tremendous saving not only in the cos cost t of producing beef but in the cost of enriching the soil as well in 1914 for example about tons 0 of f cottonseed mc amual al half the total to tal p production ro were applied directly to tho soli soil as fertilizer if this bad had been fed to cattle instead three quarters of the fertilizing value would have been re turned to the soil moll as manure the lo 10 loss 8 3 of the other fourth would have been far more than counterbalanced by the profit on the meat produced economically by the meal deal and the tile necessary hazes much the same thing is to true of the other oil ell meals the value of these meats meals Is far better appreciated in europe than here denmark for or example feeds annually pounds of oil cake to each of her mature cattle the united states approximately 24 pounds furthermore the european feeder Is aware of the fact that the high protein meal while more expensive to buy Is more economical to use meal of this quality la to seldom sold on the domestic mar bets because the american farmer has not et learned its value cottonseed and linseed are perhaps the best known of the oil meals but there are others the use of which as feed could be profitably extended ilah B ath peanut and eoy soy bean meal and cake for instance are in good demand in europe the efficient use of these and other feed feeds dill discussed cussed in the report Is of the utmost importance to the american farmer it Is pointed out because the day when close calculation in feeding was not necessary Is in all probability past hereafter it Is likely that success will depend upon ability to put to the best use nil all available products A greater knowledge of what these products are and of the ways in which they can be fed will result in tho the allm nation of enormous waste |