The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-13
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Review of Bulletin 10, Which Was Re-
Gently Issued.

A Review of Bulletin 10, Which Was Re-
Gently Issued.
Bulletin No. Is, of the Agricultural col
lege of Utah, relates an experiment by the
director j. w. Sanborn, on the subject Of
grazing versus soiling, or feeding green
food at the barn, and on feeding the same
kind of food air-dried before feeding.
It has been a question of doubt whether
grazing cattle by treRdiDg the grass and by
It's frequent laceration in gnawing, does
not check it's growth, with consequent
decreased annual growth. 1t this injury
occurs to any material extent, then in
countries where high farming prevails it Is
thought soiling should be substituted for
orazinc. Tnis practice prevails to large
extent IN Europe, and to some extent
among dairymen In the east
But selling means moving from the fields
Tn the feeding pens green food with seven
tv-tive pounds of water for 100 pounds of
food that might be dried down to ten
mounds of water and thus save its handling.
Among stockmen q strong, a very strong
HAS exists in favor OF green foods, the be-
lief having taken deep root that drying
| foods throws off more than moisture, or
| that there is an indefinite something about
water in association with plants that gives
| it food value.
This feeling is manifested in exaltatlon
of green grass over dried grass, of roots
oyer dry food, and is especially manifested
| in,the ensilage craze
The bulletin under review attacks these
problems.
Three steers were allowed to Craze on
two acres of grasS made up of timothy, lu-
cerne and red clover. A similar area was
movvn and fed to steeEs in the yard, while
another and like eres-al three being OF
| like character, having been sown at the
same time-was mown and air dried. The
following conclusions were arrived at:
First-Three sets of steers, OF three each
fed for ninety two days, one set grazing, one
saf fed on similar food in yards, in the
green state, and one set on the same food
air dried. MADE identical gains.
Second-rhe grazed lot ate the grass from
d , per cent. more area than the lot tina
soiled.
Third-The lot having air-dried food rel
ished it better than the lot fed on green gras.
hut required slightly more food for pounC
of gain. probably no more, if as much, fol-
the dry weight gain made
Fourth-Ihey required more dry matter
for pound of gain than winter fed steers
Fifth-The strong indications are tina
green food is no more valuable than wei
air-dried food.
Sixth-The indications were that i'm
mature grass is no more valuable, or not a.
valuable as mature grass and is in agree
mept with former trials on this subject.
Seventh-Half dried lucerne seemed Il
he dangerous, although the evidence il
very uncertain.
Fiphth-As the season grew warmer TIT
iprain decreased and ia in accord will
former observations.
Ninth-It appears by this trial that soil
ING is unnecessary. dry food answering tn
same purpose; that winter feeding is quit
as economical when cattle are fed in stall,
or yards as summer feeding IN stalls o
vards. that grazing is somewhat wastefu
snd that green grass and young grass ar
no more effective than dry ana matur
grass or hay.