Show tests show need for protein food Foo the importance of the feeding of beef cattle Is realized more today than ever before tabulations exhibited at the international ter live stock exposition at chicago in december show enow that the teed feed represents represent s 84 per cent of the coit of fattening a steer it Is for this reason that aggressive farmers and experimental sta eions are putting such emphasis on the study of proper rations which in turn mean greater profits the results result of practically all it experiments in ants and tests show the need tor for protein supplements it if the maximum gain Is to be realized the quarterly bulletin of the agricultural experiment station of the michigan state college for august cites two specific cases where a protein supplement linseed meal was fed to ono one 1 li t of beet beef cattle and where the aup ja bement ement was omitted the linseed meal ted fed to lot two according to the bull bulletin etla in addition to the ration of shelled corn corn silage and alfalfa hay received by lot three increased the average dally daily get gain n 16 15 pounds and increased the selling value per hundredweight the feeding methods of the protein supple m ment ent in order to insure the maximum gain should follow three definite rules 1 the poorer the hay or other roughage the more supplement Is needed 2 the younger the stock the more supplement needed 3 the increase of tho the supplement fed toward tho the end ot of the feeding period A study has likewise been made ot of the proper protein supplement for beef cattle this research has led to the more gen general e ral acceptance of the balanced ration tor for proper feeding an interesting experiment conducted by the pennsylvania station shows where the selection of one protein supplement as against another netted material gain two trials were conducted in which steers that averaged pounds were fed tor for days corn w was is a added t to 0 the ration during the last go CO days of the period an average of the two trials shows that the steers receiving linseed meal gained 12 5 per cent taster faster and showed more finish than those fed cottonseed cotton seed meal the extra increased the average sale value 37 cents a 86 the results of the tha experiments and records on oil feeding of beet beef cattle point out two definite requirements for a successful and profitable feeder 1 the need of a protein supplement 2 A careful study of each supplement with relation to the greatest greate bt profits at the time of sale |