Show straw as feed for live stock for fall winter straw from grain threshing as well as small grain hay or sheaf grain may well be widely uti utilized 1 laed in n corn belt live stock feeding this fall and winter or at least until emergency forage crops and pastures pasture s develop says wallaces farmer the most satisfactory results from straw as a feed for dairy cattle are obtained when it is used to take the place of only one daily hay feeding the intake of straw can be facilitated by increasing the palatability with molasses either cane or beet molasses diluted with one to two parts of water and sprinkled over poor hay or straw will help beet molasses is more laxative than cane molasses and therefore should be fed more sparingly at first straw probably is most valuable as a roughage for idle horses and for wintering beef cows straw also can be fed to sheep and to working horses to some extent but it is important to add enough protein supplements clements ts and concentrates es to supply the needed elements that are lacking in straw |