Show L I 1 IE wr 0 v 1 ek LAMBS PICK UP FAST ON MIXED BARLEY mixture cabbe can be used to pro duce efficient gains barley la is a good feed for fattening lambs and with tile present spread la in price between barley and corn it can be used to t 9 produce cheap and efficient gains on lambs Is the announcement no of 11 J maynard associate animal husbandman of tile tho colorado agricultural college A ration of barley and alfalfa hay bay however does not give as goad results as when some other feeds are included maynard adds cut corn fodder wet beet pulp corn silage and beet molasses lasses supplementary feeds which showed up to good ad advantage with barley and alfalfa in a recent fattening test at the colorado colorundo experiment station in the experiment the increase iner base in gains secured by feeding lambs the different supplementary feeds and especially ally beet by byproducts products along with altagra alfalfa and barley were particularly moti noticeable ceable tile the addition of a pound dally ot of ground dried corn fodder reduced tile the alfalfa consumption 60 50 per cent and at the same time increased the gala gain per lamb 20 per cent five and one half pounds of wet beet pulp per day fed with barley and alfalfa produced a pounds average gain in days shortening the fattening period by three weeks corn silage fed at the rate of two pounds dally improved the barley and alfalfa combination and saved considerable hay while a cut mixture of barley beet molasses cottonseed meat and alfalfa produced much larger gains than where barley and alfalfa were fed alone an improved strain of barley was shown to be about cent more eff efficient lelent than a common barley for lamb fattening comparison of whole and steam rolled barley showed that mot while there was a slight advantage in the fattening qua qualities I 1 atles of the steam rolled this advantage amounted to only 30 cents a ton and the cost of rolling the barley was sa 2 a ton thes then results hear bear out the general contention tant sheep with good teeth can grind their own grain maynard points out grains and through live stock lins bas proved to he the most advisable ford for tile the faim er if feeding operations are based on home grown ro rough agea and an nde quote value figured for the manure produced the element speculation ta Is largely eliminated barley production la is increasing in colorado and the grower should he 81 ble able to secure the highest total value or this crop hy by feeding it on his place in a well balanced ration |