Show MARKET MILLET HAY BY STEERS millet Z hay T can n he be more economically no cally marketed through feeder steers t than cane hay bay was shown at the washington county cattle feeders adny in Y at akron colo before a crowd of interested farmers and lle stock men forty six head of aberdeen angus steer calves were divided into two lots and fed two tuo rations made up largely of home grown feeds millet and cane hays alo ot 0 tile the surest d dryland y rough roughage were used in the le test qt to determine their value in producing fleshy feeders ane results ts indicate that the farmer with caine byte or millet ba hays vs for alch there los hns been almost ft most no market can convert them into cash through rattle rattie attle attie to adan advantage tage the steers in one lot were fed ground barley corn and colt cob meal cottonseed meal c iane ane tiny hay and a small 1 amount of mineral and salt calt the other lot received Identical identically lythe lie same ration except millet hay was sulta for cane hay the millet hay bay lot made nn nil aier age dully daily gain of pounds for the lie 7 70 days of tile the test leit at a feed cost ot of per pounds gain after figuring feed interest shipping rind and selling costs tile the animals must bring alls 1948 per pounds to pay out tills this allows allous a margin of profit in ili tile hie lizit of present gilces pi ices the calves in the cane liay hay lot gained an average of 18 pounds per day at a feed cost of per pounds gaid and ill il show it profit if sold for over per pounds the steers were shipped to denver immediately lifter after the feeder day liv program where they will lie be exhibited at the stork stoer show a few davs before sold the rattle cattle nere owned and fed by A A rinker fin her of akron who nho cooperated in the demonstration eulth J C rober exten extension Jon in ington county anti and n B IV fairbanks live stok specialist of the colorado agricultural college |