Show COUNTY AGENT AGENTS S COLUMN CONTINUED during the winter feeding period this can be accomplished in a num ber her of ways depending on the feeds available with wild or native hay the e use nf of three fourths pound of cottonseed cake two ibs lbs of oats or about 3 ibs lbs of alfalfa hay per head dally daily should turn the trick if the calf gains more than one pound dally daily the value of the extra feed supplied is apt to be lost in the lowering of the cheap er gains secured during the summer grazing period the success of the trench silo has been phenomenal throughout the in iLer ter area in many instance es corn silage Is worth as much or ma more re than alfalfa hay per ton dae to its ab lity to balance a ration of the straight alfalfa hay its high value when used with the protein hay Is somewhat ome what comparable to the value bf if air when mixed in the carburetor lot of a car with raw gasoline the air and the silage don t have the fuel value alue shown but in correct combination they make the gasoline or alfalfa as the case may be so much more efficient that their value lis enhanced in a test in colorado it was found that beef cattle gained 1 7 pounds per day when fed alfalfa with ijen rn silage as compared with a lot which 1 one pound per day on alfalfa alone the cost per hundredweight hundren weight gain was 8 51 for hay alone and 4 86 for alfalfa and corn silage wheat bran added increases the phosphorus and thus cheapens the gain |