Show THE COUNTY AGETS COLUMN by MORGAN P mckay beep OUTLOOK Ac cordin to the departments of agricultural economics and animal husbandry utah state agricultural college the number of cattle on the farms of 0 the united states has been increasing ince 1928 the signify cant feature of this increase I 1 to that it has been confined largely to cows and calves but the number of steers has shown little increase the cow and heifer slaughter between the first half of 1932 has been the small est in years present conditions point to the fact that this class of cattle will be the largest larest lar est in the history of the country on january 1 1933 the number of cattle on feed in the corn belt on august 1st of this year was 5 per cent smaller than last year which indicates that the early supply of pf grain fed cattle will be smaller better finished cattle according to the demand will be sent to the mar ket this year the demind demand tor for feeder cattle dur ling ing the first part of the year waa was weak but recent reports from a number of cattle feeders indicate anten eions to purchase a considerably larger number of feeder cattle dur ing the remainder of 1932 than was purchased last year consumer Cons Con sumei demand for beet beef and veal as well as other meats has weakened almost steadily since 1930 being due almost entirely to the re in business activity and paa rolls any business recovery during continued on back page COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN CONTINUED the remal nedr ot of this year is 1 not likely to reflect in any stronger demand for or beef and veal 1 until the first part of 1933 marketing farm fam crops on pour four legs 04 the marketing of hay and grain as such except in specialized areas has never been a profitable business ito tto the tanner farmer this is particularly true this season it la Is well lecog biked fact that the dairy cow lea leads ds all classes ot of stock in the econom economy with ahe she converts feed into human food she Is followed closely however by the pig then in order by lambs and steers it Is obvious that the welfare of the livestock industry of the state will be best beat obtained by a balancing ol 01 its lVe activities consequently some will feed dairy cattle to produce milk butter and cheese while others should be inter bated in fattening pigs lambs or cat tie A 60 50 ib ill shoat wala eat from 4 to 5 of chopped grain and about 7 pounds of skim milk muk or buttermilk dally daily on such a ration the shoat may be expected to gain better than a pound and a half halt a day or t weigh around pounds after an o 0 86 8 day teed feed with grain at pel pei cwt and skim milk at csc per cwt this ration will produce pork at a teed feed cost ot of only about 3 per bun hun dred weight A well balanced ratan as 3 the most important item in thi this 3 sales method dont don t teed feeg yourself poor by shoveling grain alone into hogs it you are unable to secure akim skim milk or buttermilk you can use about 10 per cent ol 01 to balance up the grain al allowance lawance keek a rack ot of leafy alfalfa hay al ways before the hogs in lamb feeding whole barley and alfalfa hay should be the basis of th the ration this ration however should be supplemented by a pound or two ot of corn silage or a halt half pound of beet molasses or mill run bran this not only improves the fattening quail ties of the ration but cheapens the teed feed cost ot of gain the addition ot of one of these supplements also adds materially to the health of the lambs in feeding beet cattle care should be exercised in balancing the ration for efficient production in a ser ies lea ot of feeding experiments 2 yr old steers gained about 1 ib lb per head dally daily when fed 27 pounds of alfalfa hay bay steers gained nearly 1 I 33 iba lbs per head dally daily when fed 3 32 2 pounds of 0 silage and only 11 ibs lbs of alfalfa in this test corn silage fed with alfalfa hay showed even a high er value than alfalfa hay per ton on account of the fact that it furnished dicarbo hydrates or fattening mater lal with which to balance the high protein content of the alfalfa A six months old steer weighing from to ibs lbs will produce a pound of beet beef tor for only about two thirds the amount of feed required to produce that pound of beet beef on a two year old steer chances there tore for selling food to better ad vantage through these baby beeves are consequently very good the demand tor for light cattle la 19 growing bend hold ot at tat young cat lit vol thing litween aad bd jibs 1 have been shipped into the state isiace february to satisfy this de mand at the ogden and salt lake yards good beet beef calves weighing between and ibs lbs and put on feed in october or november ifa im mediately after we weaning alling should gain from 1 to 2 ibs lbs per head dally daily these should be ready for market in five or six months the feeding of livestock la is the log leal ical method of marketing farm crops to best advantage watch your ra eions very carefully for it is often the case that a certain supplement or combination of feeds may save the feeder several hundreds of dol lars in a single feeding enterprise |