Show RANGE STOCK NEED FEED winter ranges in utah need supplemental plem feeds P to insure th the e bt B E J mesulta in feeding says saya dean maynord aynard Mi of the utah gute tute agricultural college this Is lue lu in part to the increase in the number ct cf range sheep anew in 1850 there were here 2262 head ot of range sheep white while in a 1930 the u umber number was increased 1 to 0 o 2 or an increase of 0 2 sheep according to the united states cc census esus of 1330 1930 compiled d by the utah land planning offee oice ofee this rapid increase in range cheep covers a period 0 of 80 years the cattle and sheep in the tate late obtain 77 per cent ot of their eed by grazing of 0 this 14 per cent comes from farm pasture and controlled range 18 per cent from the national forests and ga per cent from rom tile the open public domain and ther ranges and it is quite evident that our ranges have reached heir carrying capacity says dean maynard to correct this deficiency in orage on our desert range we must furnish a correct supplement creates or produces a balanced ration this balanced ration give the most efficient use t f range forage for example alfalfa and corn Is a balanced ration alfalfa fed cottonseed cake Is unbalanced unbalance 4 corn silage and corn ta is an incel ration while corn silage and cottonseed otton seed cake is balanced this balancing of rations means lust this his alfalfa and corn is a balancer arnved ration because you have pro ein in the alfalfa and your carbohydrates in your corn while it yon yol teed ife ed ati ta with cake you are feeding an unbalanced ration oil because both alfalfa and cottonseed cako cake are high in protein and therefore there Is a lack of carbo hydrates yd rates 11 for many years utah sheep men have argued the comparative value of the two supplements shelled corn or cottonseed take cake as a supplement to desert range tor for wintering sheep the only way to solve the problem is to determine the nature of at forage on the ranges during the past two years un 1111 ler the supervision of dean maynard and in cooperation with professor A C esplan sheep and wool extension animal husbandman and professor R J becraft Be cratt now a professor of 0 range management at the university of idaho at moscow at an experiment has been carried oil nu to determine the nutritive value of the desert forage through chemical analysis this experiment has been cora plated and an early publication is planned the results re alta of this experiment will definitely determine the nature of debert ito rag aud and tile the concentrated feeds best shifted for win wintering terin z range sheep on desert rii dean maynard said |