Show LIVE STOCK NEWS COMPARISON OF PREPARED FEEDS Surest Way to Find Values Is to Compare Costs With so many prepared feeds for forlIe live lIe stock on the market and numerous numerous numer numer- ous salesmen offering them the farmer farm farm- er la Is sometimes at n a loss to know the value of these feeds teeds when compared to natural live Ih-e stock feeds grown on his Ills farm The surest method of determining these values Is to compare the costs and the complete chemical analysis of the prepared feeds as given on the outside of the sacks In which they are sold with the chemical analysis of grown farm feeds and the well known commercial concentrates This Is the statement of E. E J J. J Maynard associate husbandman at the Colorado Agricultural college A distinction should be drawn by bythe bythe the thc feeder reeder bet between beten en prepared feeds sold under a n trade name and commercial commer commer- cial concentrates tl'S such as ns cottonseed meal linseed oil cake beet molasses and dried b beet et pulp These last- last named are well known byproducts products In Inthe Inthe inthe the manufacture of ot standard commod commodities ties lUes and have hae a n definite composition with which feeders are familiar They rhey have a n well recognized place In fattening fatten ing rations which has been established by years ears of practical feeding and experimental ex ex- pE work They arc usually high In either cither carbohydrates or proteIn protein pro pro- tein and for this reason are often conveniently cou used In balancing farm farm- I grown rations Prepared feeds on the other hand may he be of simple or complex compo compo- They may contain only molasses molasses mo mo- lasses and a n cut hay or they may contain con thin tain other feeds such as corn barley dried beet pulp mill screenings or sweepings reground oat ont hulls straw molasses linseed meal or cottonseed meal with possibly some minerals usually salt and charcoal If It n a concentrated feed Is needed and a prepared feed Is considered Itcan It Itcan Itcan can can be compared to other feeds teeds available avaIlable available avail avaIl- able on the basis of the protein and carbohydrate It contains sa says s 's Maynard May May- nard Although the analysts analysis of ot a n feed teed Is often orten given on a digestible nutrient basis this basis cannot be used In a comparison of home-grown home feeds or ordinary commercial concentrates with most prepared feeds |