Show r si OCK GROW SOY BEANS FOR STOCK FEED inadvisable to rely on them as whole protein source j for a number of henrs the lie acreage of soy sov beans grown both for grain and liny hay lias as been hi increasing creasing As a result i if the benns begins baye also been fed to live stock as n a source of if horne home grown own protein it Is of course collide able for tile the fenner to produce ice us its cintli protein us as pris sible and thereby reduce tile lie nel need d for the purchase of tills constituent to it minh minimum while one oin can secure acono economical m ical guins on hogs fed a ration of corn and soy ati heans or buries barley find nd soy beans yet et such rations are not ilot satisfactory they produce soft pork which Is discriminated against in by tie the packers that 1 lait liplin the case soy beans hou should not tie be employed ns its it protein supplement for pork at any rite cate not a the lie sole source of tile the amount needed for balancing tile ration however ho eer soy beans may bemused he used us it a source of protein in the of brood sows bows both durins during the tl e gestation station we anil and tile suckling periods fl a test conducted at tile lins has clearly shown tims thus two lots of eleven eleen sows bows eadi faeh were fed fd for it period of 95 days das the breeding cind and farrowing furrowing far rowing flatea lot I 1 ot I 1 on in corn and a protein supplement nt composed of two tuo parts by h weight of find and one part by w ight if cf indeed meal aneal and lot 2 on corn coin an and whole soy henns beans containing the same amount of protein its as the and linseed meal supplied lut lot 1 the llie dally average consumption of feed by lot I 1 nas 4 1 pounds corn ani and 51 1 0 of a pound und of and linseed na which m meal ea 1 0 on which they made a dally gain of 85 of a pound per head lot 2 consumed an average of 37 pounds corn and 73 of a pound of soy beans per head per day the average weight of both lots of sows bows at the beginning of the feeding or gestation period was pounds per head fiend docility Is neglected when ewes are roughed the person who lias has roughed hla his ewes ewe through from fall until lambing day will find that lie he has neglected one very important feature and that la Is docility for with the roughing of live stock generally goes negligence it Is a very easy matter koopen to open the yard pates gates and aad with a shout turn the sheep in and out pell mell but if the owner or herdsman would take about half tin nn hour night and morning prior to turning out find and letting in to walk about anil and examine his flock carefully sometimes with a pall of grain liend ing out it mouthful to a few ewes among tile the flock he would soon gain the confidence pf af ills his whole flock and instead of their running away f from rom him they are glad to hear their masters voice and will follow him film readily into the yard or out to the field without crowding and becoming panicky hogs relish rape neither soy mans nor rutabagas are likely to do much in corn about the best green feed Is dwarf essex rape tills belongs to the turnip family but it grows leaves instead of roots logs hogs are fond of it and seem to do well on it it will grow find and make feed in about six weeks if moisture conditions fire are favorable it would be just as well to sow the seed just before the first cultivation early in tile the season working it in the land with the cul tl vator |