Show pry IT p A vs A SELF FEEDERS SAVE HAY AND LABOR Accord according inz to tests made nt at colorado experiment station fully ully 20 per cent of feed Is wasted b by bv v old method of Feed feeding inZ sell self feeder jacl s for roughage to sheep or cattle are not only the means of saving conRid considerable erable labor but according accor dm to tests made at the colorado experiment station ar ire a the meins means ot of saving a great deal ot of bay one lot 0 of lambs at it this station were here fed aholo hay in a self feeder jacl ra and another lot whole hay bay in racks on the ground such as are in common use ti c in many sec sections tiong ot of the country the I 1 he average gain ot of these two lots was nas practically the same the lot feeding from tho the self feeder averaging er aging only one pound heavier than the others says the american agriculturist also the grain con can varied hut but little being only nine pounds moro more for a pound gain in the first lot than in the sec ond alad the great saving came in the cost of roughage the tha lot eating irom from the self feeder consumed rounds pounds ot of hay tor for each deafly 20 per cent in favor of 0 the self feeder racks it makes a differ ence of 0 42 cents in the cost securing eich each pounds of oe grain those thase results were secured on alf alfalfa alfi valued a at t 5 per t ton on with a higher price the difference would be corresponding ay 1 greater these self belt feeding racks cost 1 per running toot foot completed they h had ad tho the ordinary capacity of four limbs lambs per running toot foot two on each tile side not so much arace being required at a self feeder as at an ordinary rich rack since all the limbs N III not eat cat at one time As already stated the saving in this one experiment amounted to 4 12 cents per pounds of gain this Is equal to about 14 cents on each limb iamb counting courlis lit four lambs per running foot fill this would make a saving on one seasons season a operations of 56 cents in other words the rack would pay for itself in two bearg it lb Is thought that w hen a type of self feeder Is dei de eloped for handling 1 I 1 i gg a 0 I 1 I 1 wilk popular type of grain trough pounds of 0 gain and thoe eating off the ground consumed pounds of hay ha for etch eich pounds of gala gain this indicates a difference ditle rence of 0 chopped hay hi better results may be secured from it thin than have hitherto been possible by reducing tho the ar aste caused by wind ind |