The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-14
INFORMATION FOR FEEDERS.
Prof. Henry Gives Some Excellent Sug-
gestiOns.


Prof. Henry Gives Some Excellent Sug-
gestions.
f. NJ. +. Elberon. Ia, writes that there
no more than half crop with them, so
;hey, too, are forced to economize with
iced. He desires to know if it will pay
20 grind snapped corn for fattening
steers and other stock when it costs
three cents per bushel for grinding.
With the usual conditions that prevail
n the feeding lots at the West l doubt
The wisdom of grinding corn even at the
present high price for that grain. My
:eply is based upon experience in feed
ing shelled corn to steers at this sta
ton. In several experiments where
ground and unground corn was fed the
meal usually made somewhat the best
gain for the food consumed. When, how
ever, we took into consideration the
gain made by hogs which followed the
steers the advantages we're reversed
and the whole corn came out ahead.
When corn-meal is fed pigs can recover
little of it from the dropplngs even If
the steers have not properly digested it,
while the whole corn which passes with
the droppings is eagerly devoured by
swine. l suspect such teaching as this
will excite unfavorable comment from
many sources, since it seems to be lead
ing US backward instead of forward.
am perfectly willing to advocate the
grinding of corn when l can find figures
which point in that direc ton, but for
the present l shall stand for unground
corn so long as hogs are iudiciously
managed with the steers. Probably
when the finishing time arrives meal
should be fed rather than corn, as by
that time the effect of the strong heat
ing ear corn is more apparent
G. c. NJ, st. James, Mimi, some time
since raised the point that when feed.
ing barley hay to horses the barley
boards might prove Objectionable.
Upon receipt of the letter 1 sent an
inquiry to the Pacific coast, hoping to
learn if any serious trouble was OBJ.
served there where barley hay is so gem
orally fed. AS yet no reply has been
received. My own observation with
feeding barley has been sufficient, how.
ever, to warrant the assertion that
trouble from the boards is rare and not
of sufficient moment to deter its gen.
eral use. While beardless barley is
grown to some extent, the common
bearded variety is the prevalent form in
California, and makes most satiSfac.
tory hay. No horse will stand more
hard labor or long drives than the aver
age California horse when on a diet of
barley hay with small additional feed
of rolled barley.
o. J. d., Manson, Ia, writes: II am
feeding spring calves which expect to
sell in May, 1891. We have oats, corn,
corn-fodder, wild hay, millet and clover
hay. Would you feed bran, shorts or
oil-meal in addition?'
The list of feeds already on hand is
an excellent one, and the animals can
be carried through in very fair shape.
The first addition would be a few roots,
or, what is cheaper, silage. This succu-
lent feed would keep the young things
pushing ahead at rapid rate. In the
absence of the silage a little oil-meal
will prove valuable, though at present
prices for feed and stock it must be fed
with a sparing hand. Bran will also
help digestion, and little may be fed
with profit. With good stock to start
with such combination OF feed, backed
up by good judgment of the feeder, fine
animals should result. Let us hope the
market by that time will fully warrant
the venture.-Prof. w. A. Henry, in
Breeders Gazette.