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Show Questions of the Feed Lot Pre$or Htrbtrt W, Hum ford HUr CJl ColltV Of C'ICH t.I'ti About Evergreen Siveet Corn IJIAT Is the comparative feeding value VV of evergreen sweet corn cut up In fdiocks, as against common Yellow JVnt corn in the shock for fattening slec-ra? Would It bo advisable to put In live or tn acres for forty steers to fatten next winter, simply for variety? I generally feeij r-hoek corn mornlnc nnd snapped corn with t lover an.J dlfalfa hoy cenlngM." A3 fjr fia I run learn Die feellnc (lliie nf everfrren useet corn fodOer l;i not irreat r than thut of oMInnry ll'-H corn. The a'lvan-tape a'lvan-tape conies in llni; ahle to iut It -arller In tho Beaon. I certainly wonM not plant It f-r winter fcllnp. even to furnlt-h arkty, tw-rause tw-rause of tho fact that you cannot frrow ,im great ."i tonnaKo or as larzv an iimounl vf dtice'tlblc nuLricnta icr acre as with onllnary ijcld corn. Silage to Fatten Cattle 4 I ILL you kindly tell mc If nny cxpcrl-VV cxpcrl-VV nient has been inuflo on feedlnj; "fil-tenlnR "fil-tenlnR rattlf'' on hllnijo? My plan H to buy yearhnir!", turn them on pooil blue prass pasture pas-ture throiiRh tho riimnuT, .riil In the full brlnfir thrm Intn a fed lot, f. eil corn stlanii anJ clover hoy and flnNh on corn. Do yon think thlu yteni would bo profitably" The Illinois btutlon has conduct, il three experiments lnvclvlni; the uc of ?Ml:u;o in the redlns of b f cattle. One te-t Involved In-volved the feeding if II.-iro In comparison with ihock corn for bof calve.- Intended for market; another, lMef .ri- ilinc rown w lib it wro belnR wintered, und the third. 2-ye.ir-old steers belnu fattened villi sllapo iniom-piirlnon iniom-piirlnon with other forms of pn Hiintr corr. such hs cornmi'.'il, corn anfl toh rne.il. shellej corn nnd rhoek corn. In Illlriolis I-iulletln No. 103 you will find a ril.'cus.xlon on tho usr; of torn ?IUge compared with other forms of fellnR corn for fattening 2-year-old Hirers. I ec nothlnc wronff islth tho plan you propo;-! Jn the handling of th year-line. year-line. However. I would HUKK'-yt that the corn ensllnire mlcht bo supplem nted by cot-tonnced cot-tonnced meal as well a the feeds you mention, men-tion, corn and clover hay. Alfalfa Produces Beef ALFA.LFA Is grown In most partu of the Argentine cuttle couniry. hut not to anything like the etent to which It can tie grown. It Is known that It will grow well for ten years and It Is believed a fair stand will be maintained for forty years If not pastured too rlo-e. Modern machinery Is used In ?onie Instances In balling and blacking black-ing this crop. A fine IIIuhI ration of the value of alfalfa Is M-en In the experience of th- manager of a CC.Oi.'l-aere ranch, all In alfalfa. This much now actually supports more cattle than the 140.000 acres of th.- original alfalfa ranch In the native grass h. n this man took tho place thirteen years ngo. The alfalfa had much more than doubled the production of the Inn-d. l-"omc cattle that are bred upon tho native rras. land an: hlppcd to tho alfalfa, country to finish: M the monthly charge. ivr head . f Mock, Ihe ulf.ilf returns re-turns J7 to $9 per ncre r r year. It requires frotu 1 1-3 to 1 2-3 acres of good alfalfa well cared for to suppurt one rtcer and two thtcp. This means -t.Oort to 4,800 cattle and twlco as many sheep pcr leaguo of 6.672 acres. This nctms eaulva-lent eaulva-lent to a steer per acre. Knowing tho great Increase In yield and remarkabln richness of alfalfa In protein, the moFt cotly klml of food In a balanced ration, yet the wonderful significance of this crop ennnot bo understood unless it in remembered re-membered that In Argentina beef cattle ore brought to the highest tleh and finish on gras and alfalfa without grain - |