The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-09-27


The Utah experiment station som,
Tine ago made some experiments in
steer and sheep feeding 90 ascertain the
relative value of timothy hay. wild hay
ana alfalfa Oufernu The tests wero
not considered very reliable. however.
Tor the reason that both the cattle and
sheep were confined In pens so small
that there was mo- room Tor exercise. and
consequently the appctitcs oi the ami
mails were impaired. Tho stccrs were
divided into three lots. which received
different foods one lot was fed tim
othy at The rate Of O. pounds per day.
another Tot WAS fed native hay at the
same rate. aud the third lot was given
the samc wciLht VI alfalfa.
The test lasted from April 20 TO May
~, period Of about 40 days At the
end Of that time tho first lot had con-
Humcd OF timothy hay 1925 pounds
ana had lost in weight i2i pounds. The
second lot had iCcn led LOSSES OF native
lay and had lost ~ hounds In weight
I 10y had been fcd 2OSO.i5 pounds
Of alfalfa and had gained "a pounds In
weight II will be seen by the table
that the lot o. timothy hay did poorest
HhN The lot on the luccrnc hay best. The
great disparity In gain Us not explained
/ by the different amounts OF food eaten.
| Tholc receiving timothy hay wasted
| ZIG pounds moro than the others and
consumed over 100 pounds less OF food,
/ but this 100 pounds OF food would ac-
count for less than twenty pounds diff
! florence In gain and goes very little to
relieve the disparity In the gain OF the
different lots.
| Continuing the bulletin says:
Our experiment with the sheep was
as with the cattle mentioned In the
opening Of this article. In pens 10 small
that appetite was reduced beyond point
OF maintenance The rCru,ta arc SINH
lar TO those In the preceding trial with
the steers the amount eaten was SUBJ
siantially equal. and yet some of the
. steers gained whcro others lost With
sheep the amount OF timothy and Wild
/ nay eaten was substantially equal,
while the sheep did poorer on the tlm-
othy hay. Unlike the steer experiment
the sheep ate more OF lucornc than OF
the other varieties OF hay and made q
positive gain
Both experiments concur. then. In
showing that luccrno In the barn " u
more valuable food than either timothy
or Wild hay. This does not agree with
our pasture experiments Invariably
In the pasture green luccrnc has been
found less val % than the other
grasses for grry purposes.
The sheep f.. y lucorno consumed
only IL per cent OF their live weight
per day and yet made a gain OF four
teen pounds. This ~ per cent OF live
weight daily ~ little less than IN re-
gardod aH maintenance ration. Those
that were fed on timothy and wild hay
ate considerably less than recognized
ration. which accounts entirely for tho
failure 10 grow, and rests not I'm the
Kind Of food, nor In any other factor
but that Of appetite
The moral OF this experiment II that
one Of The FIRST factors In successful
feeding ~ the maintenance Of appotlt,
for the consumption Of sufficient food
above maintenance. Experiments thai
have been from time TO time reported
In the bulletins OF this station hay,
shown that the amount oil food con
sumed. palatahlcnogs remaining the
same, by stock ~ almost In direct ratll
10 the amount or exercise taken. II
both instances with sheep II was who'll
n question Of quarters ample enough
for sufficient exercise and pure air q
excite n good appetite
SUMMARY.
:. The experiment with cattle np
pears 10 show that lucorno Is NOR,
valuable food. pound for pound. fo
growth. than timothy hay or Wild hay
2. Tho above reported experiment
with steers appearH TO show that
pound OF wild hay Is more valuable
pound for pound. than pound OF tim
0thy.
g. Tho above experiment with shoel
appears 10 show that pound Of lucornl
hay IN much more valuable than
pound OF timothy or Wild hay
T. The experiment also appears 4
show that n pound Of Wild hay ~ mort
valuable for sheep than timothy hay.
9. II adds another proof 10 those SO
cured at this station. that exercise 4
Indispensable 10 appetite and growth,