Show elf J fal NE 1 wa BEET PRODUCT BYPRODUCT BY HELP FOR LAMBS has several attributes in its bulky nature 1 et beet pulp and corn make male excellent supplements to the lamb fattening ration because they are bulky succulent and palatable and because of ther the r partial grain equia alent value says i maenard r d a as s aba socrate anicil anim 11 hus husbandman a at t t the h e colorado agricultural college in adding variety to the gatior and in reu cing the amount of grien feces siry for finish ng rig the lami s these feeds often show a value greater than their actual grain replacement estt esti mate it Is empl driel drie I 1 molasses beet pulp in recent years b his bis is come into rather wide use as wl ole or partial subs substitute titue for grain wl ere lambs have gon gone e off feed maynard adds As this beet by product concentrate I 1 as several natural attributes in its bulky nature its palatability and fattening value it is often wise to include it as part ot of tl it e grain mixture fed in tl it e dry ra tion for lambs iambs wl mi en ell wet pul put or other succulent teed feed is not available an average of four tests con histed at the agricultural college in lecates th tint thit it the substitution of dried molasses beet pulp tor for one half the corn fed will mill slightly decrease hay consumption decrease cost of gains at present prices and bilg fly increase gains it Is a well recognized fact that lambs iambs once off feed on account of too heavy a grain ration can rarely be brought back to a full feed of barlev or corn S 9 nee nce no two bunches ot of lambs can be expected to tike tire tl ti e same amount of grien on a full full feel fee I 1 it Is often a delicate matter to nise lambs to a full feed of straight grien aid ai d hold them tl ere IN when hen lambs go oft off teed feed the cost of fat fattening fatte ninn them of course in ceases because time Is lost and digestive dia dis tur bances i naturally atu rally cut down the effi clency with wl ich tell they handle hand le thier titter ration then too there may be s m mp P death loss experienced in connection with the disturbance with these facts in mind the im of keeping lambs on feel la Is evident and any feed that can he be used in the fattening ration to safeguard them against going off feed should haave add floral merit in connection with its actual fattening value right mineral mixture in swine feeding lot the veteran experimental feeder at the I 1 wa experiment station john 51 I 1 voird has the following to s y about a simple mineral mixture for pigs it is surprising how vell mell a simple mineral mixture will usually respond in the swine fee feeling ling lot it is sur pris ng that even common salt may give results that are greatly superior to those obtained wl ere no salt Is fed A simple mixture of salt and wood ashes often yields wonderfully good results of course when we use silt and wood ashes we have a mix ture lure that carries a number of essen esgen till IN nutritional elements chief among wl ch are calcium potassium sodium pt and rn A very good simple backbone mixture which carries the ing in I 1 main deficiency elements such as ire needed to balance up our orill nary feeds may be mide made up per bun bull dred pounds as follows hard wood as es CO poun Is spent bone blick or bone cl aa pounds common salt 15 pounds potassium iodide 0 02 pounds two one hundredths or one fiftieth of one pound composition of wheat and rye very similar the chemical composition and tie tt e gemeril of wheat and rye are very similar so tl it it they might be expected to give about tie tl e sime results alen wl en fed in tie same stations however indicate that it i tad of being more valt valina rille ie than wheat Is in reality about 5 per cent less vil wible ble this difference in feed ing value of wheat and Is thought in a meysure at least to be due to tt it e fact thit rye is less pili table the minnesota Minne i st has recent ly been working on the problem in an attempt to fin I 1 out wl it factors cause to be an uns unsatisfactory feed when hen it is fed as tl it e greiter pirt of the r t n over a period of weeks beeks or monti 8 If forts to it d gmoser son e f ed comb nations tl it at will be eff efferent elent I 1 r dry lot con I 1 lions h hive ive been par successful while quite catis fac korv results hive been by feeding combined with mith other g dins ans upon pasture hay for horses an n il allowa lowance ilce of about one and a hilf pounds of my for each I 1 unis of live weight el abt is the usual becom n for idle horses 51 miny iny farmers increase this allowance allo wince to two pounds per pounds live weight this quantity quatt quai ity should be he divide into two or tl ti ree parts and fed morning and night with a noon feed if needed some I 1 w 11 eat much more hay thin win this even when idle but the tend ency is to develop what is often celled 4 hay bay belly |