| Show CLOVER WINS EDGE IN FEEDING TRIAL clover closer had a slight alight edge over alfalfa IB 1 the beef feeding trials which have just been completed at the wis wh comin college callas of agriculture in 1 the bacer trials trial two to iota let of ton ten teem each weighing reigning practically the same made an average gain of I 1 pounds in tile the case of the cla clover w fed and a an wage average a gain I 1 of pounds when fed alfalfa dur der ing the trial p period vlod of IW IPA davs dam the keinge veinge a rage dell dally gain was wai the same for the ftc tm t 0 louk lota I 1 93 S pounds per animal the average ration r alon used in the experiment peri ment consisted of 10 pounds pound of at corn con 27 pounds of corn silage 5 3 P pounds I 1 oil of clover hay in one me ease case and 63 3 pounds of alfalfa hay bay for the otti oth er lot and 14 pounds of cottonseed meal tor for th the e ClAver fed animals no as compared to abound 8 pound tor for the alfalfa fed at steers we for P r each sell I 1 pound gain the cleer fed od term got t 9 pounds of corn 72 1 pounds go of cottonseed meal pounds of clover hay and 1 pounds or of corn r silage 1 g tl their I 1 1 corn pounds pirro PIR ro in made d alce gid gains 0 on 7 pounds pound of corn pounds of on cotton seed d real 2744 4 pounds p do of alf alfalfa f s hay bay and 1401 08 pounds of corn silage logo the fonner follow rattan ration cost cast 1479 and the latter 20 cents more mom pork pron profits fits fr from hogs hoes following tile the tests steers not dot de ducted athe R he net profit per stew steer in the clover fed group not including pork was 16 1618 18 when tile the pork p profit fit was added this group returned a net profit over ever cost coat of feed of 2326 per stew ateer the alfalfa fed animals made a profit without the pork to of 15 1542 42 with the pork park in profits fit added they averaged 21 2158 58 net at re return re per par steer I 1 over at met cost of feed in e announcing noun cing the result of the baby beef reeding feeding trials J 0 fuller of the animal husbandry de department Tort under index at whose direction the ill experiments per intent 8 were carried on cm said perhaps we had better not get too enthusiastic about baby beef production but consider seriously all of f tile the costs costa involved in alie a b baby ab beef feeding wall trials two lots let of five animals such each neigh sighing ing per mount animal in each lot let were pit ted led each act other the for das da to see whether better gain could be made a on C cottonseed at seed me meal tile than OR on alln see seed d oil all 1 meal I A margain of 2 91 mam more profit was made on an tile baby beeves that got do seed oil meal as a part ot of their ration over what was made by ahr th rutten cotton seed beed meal group of baby beeves beeve th 1 h G estimated profit I per animal in the latter 1 a t group was while the former paid pat a profit of 1103 pr llo animal the average dally daily ration per animal consisted of 50 pounds of cracked corn 30 80 pounds of crushed oats pounds of corn core silage 4 40 0 p pounds do of alfalfa hay and 08 pa pounds ad of cotton sled seed meal set for far one lot and I 1 98 pounds of linseed boned ailment for the a other lot the cottonseed meal group was we fed 2908 pounds of crocked cracked earn corn 1584 pounds of crushed er ald at pounds iff imf of con cottonseed e ed in e I 1 5 pounds nod of own corn silage and WS 9 pounds of alfalfa 1 f 1 hay toy for each ell pool pounds ot of get the reseed linseed 11 menal class m made ad a rn pounds of gain on 2677 pounds of walked cracked corn can 1459 9 pounds pound of crushed oats to pounds of linseed allm oilmen 11 1 pounds of corn can silage and 1924 4 pounds pound of alfalfa hav no in tile cotton seed meal group the are a a gain per animal was 7 penn pounds do and the average gain PC per r aal I 1 1 rod mal in n the linseed homed class in ana 4 pounds d a margin of 27 7 pounds pleads per animal |
