Show ae livestock q IA los angeles july 25 1938 the wonderful possibilities in dry lot fattening of cattle in ili the west are indicated by the feeding experiment recently concluded at the university ot of arizona yearling steers there made an average daily gain of lbs IDS during the day feeding eding tc perl period and put on lbs ibs gain at an average cost of 0 selling price was per cwt cat and dressing percentage tor for the entire group averaged eighty one of the steers I 1 graded US holce Choice twelve were good and six were classed as I 1 prime feeds used were alfalfa hay cottonseed meal ineal silage and cracked grain when these facts are correlated it is brought out that choice grain fed beet beef can profitably be produced by western feeds in ill a comparatively short feeding period the feeds used were figured at a valuation high enough to give the farmer a return also as hay was valued at 12 a ton silage at cracked at 37 and cottonseed meal at 25 this means that by using a balanced ration and feeding young well bred cattle western feeders can operate profitably even when tod fed cattle are selling comparatively low it is generally considered that the fertilizer liLor will pay for labor ln involved alved in ili feeding the investment in corrals and equipment does doea not need to be so high in ili tile the southwest os it is where weather is more severe yet those who have paved corrals receive higher returns from froin fertilizer the cheapness with which gains were put on oil in the arizona experiment is a tribute to the work done by the university of 0 arizona in encouraging cou raging tile the use of better belter bulls and in developing balanced rations composed of 0 arizona feeds eeds hegard f which la is becoming one ot of the most important feeds of the state stale was introduced trod by the university and its adaptability and value first demonstrated on the university farm carcasses from short fed 90 days cattle seem to be tile the best suited to the los angeles packer requirements quire quiro ments longer feeding periods mean higher costs per cat cwt gain which must be met by higher prices per ib tor for the animals it if tile the feeder is going to continue to produce long fed cattle also such carcasses are more because of more fat at present there Is not enough dif ference in ili price 0 of long fed and short fed cattle to justify turning out the former and it is doubtful it if there ever will be in ili los angeles territory the short fed system is desirable lesi rable tor for both the housewife and the feeder because the latter can call produce choice beet beef at a price tho the former can afford to pay |