Show LIVE STOCK fit NEWS JAPANESE MILLET IMPERFECT FEED Experiments Show It to B Be Inferior to Timothy nay flay made from Japanese or barnyard barnyard barn barn- yard sard millet sometimes called Billion Dollar grass Is regarded as Inferior ti to timothy hay as a food toad for sheep sheer While few tew data of an nn experimental nature na na- na nature ture are available showing the value of this roughage for sheep the above statement as to Its merits In comparison compari son with timothy and n a general dIg dis- of ot timothy hay as a roughage for sheep will permit of at some deductions deduc deduce says sas D. D S. S Bell Belt of the Ohio ex ce- station tIon In practically all nil experiments whIch have been conducted timothy hay has hns been Leen found a v very Inferior roughage for sheep feeding At the college ol of agriculture University of ot Alberta Alberta Alberta Al Al- berta Canada ewes fed timothy hay haj yeaned lambs Iambs one half of at which died before the they reached the age of ot twenty twenty- eight days Not only was the loss of ol nursing lambs Jambs heavy henvy but the ewes lost pounds each ench In weight during tation This lot of ewes was compared with another lot of similar ewes fed alfalfa hay bay This fed alfalfa lot raised all of the lambs lambs and the ewes ves were thrifty and vigorous In Bulletin of the Missouri Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural Experiment station Is found this statement concerning timothy hay haya hayas ns as a a roughage for pregnant and nursing nurs nurse nursing ing ewes Timothy hay proved to be besuch besuch besuch such an nn infer Inferior ration that It was not continued the second year The data presented show that the ewes fe fed timothy timothy tim othy hay tny and anil grain yeaned 17 lambs Iambs five of which were weak at birth and andone andone one born dead The Tile ewes lost an un average av- av of pounds during luring the trial Ewes fed clover hay and grain yeaned 1 LJ 16 lambs Iambs all of which were alive and strong at birth find and these hay clover fed ed ewes pained gained pounds each during dur dur- Ing ng the test With Japanese millet ranking inferior Inferior infer- infer or to timothy hay as a roughage and ind with Ith timothy giving such poor remits resultS results re re- mits little can be said In favor of tire millet mUlet In question The sheep r rt f er who iho is striving for efficiency and und econ- econ economy economy omy my of production will do well no not tt tC ise such hay bay for his ewe flock If it seems desirable to grow millet for hay bay one ne of ot the foxtail groups groups German German HungarIan or common would common would be belore bemore bemore more lore desirable and even these are not to any extent |