Show aveo w LOC la s K ua 1 91 N JA ahra amy los angeles union stock yards june 26 all over the west ranchers ate aie manifesting more interest in supplemental feeding and irrigated pastures the leason tor for this is that in practically all parts ot of the west there Is a time of 0 year when native range alone is not adequate tor for maintaining range cattle and sheep in good condition ranchers have found that it is cheaper to feed concentrates at this time or move the cattle to irrigated pasture tsan it Is to have the cattle go back as in the latter case they must lecover what they have lost before they can call add weight when grass Is green again dairymen who are pasturing dairy heifers heffers have found it profitable to teed feed the heifers heffers supplemental teed feed during the dry season cottonseed cotton seed cake is probably more widely used than any other single teed feed as a supplement to range pellets and cubes are coming into wider use however and many stockmen stoc kmen feel that these feeds which contain grain dried beet pulp molasses and other carbonaceous feeds are as valuable bable or more so than straight cake it has been found in the case ot of supplementing plem enting cows or ewes suckling their young that a milk stimulating feed is more to be desired than a high protein feed as grown animals do not require a great amount of protein more alore milk means better calves and lambs and after all these are the products the rancher markets in many sections range teed feed is dry during part of the suckling period and a succulent milk inick producing supplemental plem teed feed has been found to le ie turn real tame pastures are be becoming conling widely used to maintain cattle and sheep during the short grass season and there is considerable experimentation 0 going on at tile the present time to discover the best varieties and the best mixtures for or particular localities in california the permanent pasture mixtures of ladino clover orchard glass hur clovers clover perennial rye and dallis grass have established themselves as unexcelled sources of teed feed in other states strawberry clover tile the sweet clovers rhodes grass the bromes and other varieties are successfully cess fully used has proven that a mixture of grasses and legumes produces more teed feed than J either grasses or legumes alone the two seem to be complementary it has been established beyond doubt that an adapted pasture mixture la Is a more economical sources of 0 feed than Is hay which has to be harvested liar vested |