Show I 1 CORN IS BETTER THAN MOLASSES cattle feeding tests made at university farm the substitution ot of two mo pounds ol of carte mo molasses lases for two pounds ol of shelled corn in a trillion ration of 0 shelled corn hill difed fed linseed meal PA IIA pounds per head beat dully dally und alfalfa hay rull full fed in rattle cattle feeding tests made at ai university farm SL anul out won through the file ft inter and spring resulted in a lower lovier inilla than was ob mined from roin the feeding of a ration made tit up of if shelled slid led corn linseed meal and alfalfa hay chlo conclusion was announced at the annual antje feeders day at university farm it was based upon actual fending feuding experiments in which HO 60 grade erade hereford steer calves purchased at the 8 youth uth st paul baul market and of almost uniform weight and thrift through the winter and spring were fed six different rat ration ioni to le de lermine the relative values of the rations among the other conclusions ar rived ra red at were these grinding and mixing shelled corn ind arid alfalfa hay before feeding re bulted in a lower fully dully feed arid and lower than feeding 9 corn and fil alfalfa falfa hay arid alons along with 1 pounds ot nt linseed meal ineal per hend dally daily two pounds of molasses for earh each two pounds of ground shelled led lorn in the ground mixture ration drought brought about a slightly increased consumption of 0 feed and a B slightly in creased profit in the use of 0 the ground feeds feed round barley in the fattening ra ion ilon in plate of it shelled corn gave very good results especially from the standpoint of profits due to the low price of barley adding two pounds ot of molasses tor for each steer per day to the ration ol of ground barley hill full fed linseed meal and alfalfa hay merely increased the total teed feed consumption and resulted in a lower profit cattle feeders day this year drew a large crowd owing partly to the fact an thai a special program was provided for the and families of cattee feeders who attended and it Is I 1 probable sible that the plan of nt having such a program will be continued in ID future years hog cholera prevalent each year in winter during november hog cholera Is wore prevalent each year than any other time and this year Is oo no excel afon it behooves every hug hog owner to be on the lookout for centers of infection ahey 1 hey may amny easily spread through the neighboring herds anti ami cause at an extensive lost loix los loi x t hog flog cholera can de be prevented by vaccination end and the farmer who had bad his hogs when tuey they weighed about forty pounds Is not worrying orr yIng tit at the lie present time dine about this disease it Is never trio too title late to fo vaccinate ns as long as the hogs are not sick after they get sick it Is not usually a paying proposition ibl disease Is caused by a germ berna and Is characterized by a loss of appetite a fever constipation at first arid and inter diarrhea dl find and usually ends in death it Is transmissible from one hog to another sanitary inea measures play an imbor tant part tit in the control of this dis ease all kings that ile die ol of cholera should he burned or of hurled buried deeply ahe hog blues boues should he thoroughly cl cleaned clennei eRnei and dis infected all slot sick hogs should be separated from the we well 11 hogs corn fodder good for horses during winter thick corn fodder fo ikler or properly ored cured corn stover furnishes one oine of the best hages forthe horse it the are not moldy to a great extent these cornstalks corn stalks will be palatable and free from just dust kien esen the center portion ol of outdoor stacks of cornstalks corn stalks will be found capan bienn and quite fresh sa so the horses will get a great creat deal of forage from them for stallions and brood mures mares idle horses arid and growing colts colls it will fit he found that good corn Is a good sulm itule for timothy hay bay farm arm horses doing light work in win ter may safely be fell fed on corn fodder and bials corn forage should surely he be shredded or cut in a feed chopper to improve its digestibility an and pre vent waste when fed to horses in some rome ol of the eastern states show that horses doing light work in v winter inter may safely be fed 10 ivor ii to 12 pu pounds Is ol of corn stover per head bend dally daily aps bps besides I 1 des a grain ration tit 1 oats oat and corn minerals for hogs minerals Allne were not profitable when chec added to a corn arid and ration ii alien lien feeding hogs according vici to re cent fe teits tei ats ts neither do they increase the he value ol of the ration of corn and dried milk mey tire are however of 0 much value when ahen added to a ration ot of either corn and linseed or 01 corn art und wheat ar shorts in these tests a mineral mixture consisting ol of two parts hon bm emeal and one part pan groin kid wits was self fed and block stiff mil was kept before the hogs boss at all times |