| Show sweet clover hay rated high in minnesota tests steers will fatten practically as well on sweet clover hay bay as on alfalfa of 0 similar quality according to minnesota experiment station trials recently completed other university farm trials showed that the two kinds of tiny hay were about equal also for winter beet beef cows and heifers heffers hei fers trials have given like results with lambs cutting the cured sweet clover with an ensilage cutter was found advisable for cattle feeding but there was no apparent advantage in cutting it for fattening lambs fine grinding of 0 roughage makes the feed too expensive for cattle cut corn fodder also was found a fairly satisfactory roughage for dry ry beet beef cows and heifers heffers hei fers when fed in limited quantities with corn silage and cut sweet clover hay and when fed with shelled corn to fattening lambs the heifers heffers lost some borne flesh on a ration of roughage only and it was found necessary to add a little grain to keep heep them gaining adding linseed meal to the lamb ration of shelled corn lind and cut corn fodder improved it slightly but decreased the feeding profit prairie hay even though of 0 excellent quality and supplemented with linseed meal and limestone proved an unsatisfactory roughage for fattening yearling steer calves and lambs |
