Show FARM an MOLDY BEET TOPS FED FARM STOCK se r in moderation product t Is not harmful i moderate od erate f feeding ceding r 7 of moldy beet tops to catt cattle leand and sheep Is not harmful although excessive feeding may be dangerous gaious ge ious declare authorities at the col orado agriculture college f IF for 0 r two years very moldy tops have been fed to calves in the college experiment peri ment station feed lots here without ou t any indication of trouble according to E J maynard associate ant ditl annl husbandman the calves have been eating 12 to 15 pounds each dally daily odthe of he moldy tops in the com posted piles as similar lots of calves did last year mr maynard anys tM molds olds themselves are not harmful but they tend to change tin chemical reaction from add acid to ak akaline allne this allowing lowing bacteria of all kinds to develop says saya 1 I E newson veterinary pathologist to the colorado experiment station in rare instances bo tullous as been found in moldy silage and of course the moldy silage has been blamed for the trouble rather than the although we have done no experimental works work with beet tops in the field the some same Is probably true with them as with silage in a reb reasonable amount tops seem to be perfectly charmless harmless but when cattle get too nia many P y tops trouble starts continued doctor newson certainly it would be safer to feed the tops in the field rather than as silage for then there would be less chance of spreading bacteria molasses proves of no benefit in Fat fattening g Aro molasses lasses proves of no benefit in fattening calves where a good balanced ration tf 0 of high class feeds Is used that ag la th the conclusion arrived nt at by the ames experiment station after conducting two tests using two lots of five calves each in each trial the average weight of these calves at the start of the first test was pounds and of those used at the start of the second test pounds the feeding periods were days and days respectively ati vely the check ration in the first test consisted df bu shelled corn linseed ineasy meal alan afa wa h y ibid salt th the second gr api upi received the same ration plus I 1 pound of anne molasses molas sea per head dally daily after the first days in the other study the check ration was similar to the above except that corn silage and minerals were added and the experimental lot was self fed cane molasses in addition to this ration after days of feeding in neither case did the cane molasses increase the rate of gain the check lots gained anti and pounds per head while those receiving the molasses in addition gained and pounds per pei head respectively hogging down corn or some other supplement and minerals Is ea essential sentI qI if the hog feeder expects rapid gallis gains to he be made by hogs when they chev are harvesting the corn in the field according to B F L quaife of iowa state college the use of a good protein su supplement aple will speed up gains and make them cost less per pound A field of clover or alfalfa adjoining the corn which Is to be hogged down or soy b beans eans or rape sown in the corn makes an ideal combination for hogging bogging down I 1 |