Show L 91 TO C gal BEET PRODUCT BYPRODUCT BY HELP FOR LAMBS ras has several attributes in its B bulky natu nature re I 1 wet beet pulp and corn silage make excellent supplements supple menta to the lamb fattening ration because they are bulk bulky y succulent and palatable and be cause 0 of f their partial grain equla equivalent value says K N J maynard as animal husbandman at the lie colorado Colo indo agricultural college in adding variety to the gatior and in reducing the amount of grain necessary for finishing the lambs these feeds often show a value greater than their actual grain replacement estimate it ts IS emphasized dried molasses beet pulp in recent years lins has come into rather wide use as whole or partial subs substitute tItue for gr grain a in where lambs h ave gone off feed maynard mn nard adds As this beet product byproduct by concentrate lias has several natural attributes in its bulky n nature its palatability and fattelli fattening Dg value it Is often wise to include it as part of the grain mixture fed in the dry ration for lambs when wet pulp pull or other succulent feed Is not available an average of four tests conducted tit at the agricultural college Indict indicates ites that the substitution of dried molasses golass el beet pulp for one half the cc corn irn fe fed I 1 will slightly decrease hay lay consumption decrease cost of gains at present prices and slightly increase gains it Is a well recognized fact that lambo once off feed on account of too heavy a grain ration can rarely be brought back to a full feed of barley or corn since no two bundles bunches of lambs can an be expected to take the same amount am aunt of grain on a full feed it Is often a delicate matter to raise lambs to n full feed of straight grain and hold them there when lambs go off feed the cost of fattening them of course increases because time la Is lost and digestive tits tur tui bances bancea naturally cut down the efficiency with which they handle tiller ration then too there may be some de death a th loss experienced in connection with the disturbance with these facts in mind the importance of keeping lambs on feed Is evident and any feed that can he be used in the fattening ration to safeguard them against going oft off teed feed should haave additional merit in connection with its actual fattening value nig liec in swine feeding lot the veteran experimental feeder at the hwa experiment station jolin john 11 evvard ins has the following to say about a simple mineral mixture for pigs it Is surprising how hov well a simple mineral mixture will usually respond in the swine feeding lot it is surprising that even common silt salt may inny give results that tire are greatly superior to those obtained where no silt salt Is fed A simple mixture of silt salt and wood aslies ashes often lelda wonderfully good results of course when vie ae use salt and wood aslies ashes we have a mixture that carries a number of essential nutritional elements clements chalef among which are calcium potassium sodium phosphorus hosp horus and magnesium A very good simple backbone mixture which carries the outstanding and main deficiency elency elements such as are needed to balance up our erdl anaky feeds may be made up per hun dred ded pounds as follows hard wood GO 60 pounds spent bone black or bone charcoal 25 23 pounds common salt 15 pounds potassium iodide 2 pounds two one hundredths or one fiftieth of one pound composition of wheat and rye very similar the chemical composition and the general characteristics of wheat and rye are very similar so that they might ile be expected to rive give about the same results when fed in the same stations however indicate that rye intend of being more valuable than w wheat heat is in reality about 5 per cent less valuable this difference in feeding value of wheat and rye la Is thought in a measure at least to be due to the f fact a et that rye Is less palatable the minnesota station has recently been working on the pr problem in an attempt to find out mit what factors cause rye to be an unsatisfactory feed when it Is fed ns as the greater part of tile the rat mitlon on over a period of several weeks or mont months lis efforts to discover some feed combinations that will be efficient fur for vry rry lot conditions have been partially successful while quite satisfactory results have bem obtained by fee dlug rye combined with other grains upon pasture hay for horses an allowance of about one and a half pounds of lay for each pounds of nf live wel weight ht Is tile the usual 1 for idle horses many farmers formers increase tills this allowance to two awu pounds per pounds live weight this quantity should be divi tied into I 1 two or three parts mid fed morning and night with n noon feed it if needed I 1 i some borses will eat cat much more hay I 1 than tills even when idle but the tend prcy Is to tn develop what Is often called hay hall belly |