Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
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L OF ALFALFA.
Experiments In Securing the Eesi
Alfulfn nay

EXPERIMENT. Ina Securing the Ees,
Alfalfa SAY.
The Utah experiment station has
been investigating the feeding OF nj
falfa. with special reference 10 the
stage of development Ut which the
most valuable has IS n.ads. the FOL
lowing summary Is given in Prof. \.
A. Mills bulletin No. "a. just pub
iishcd:
From the results of the three sell
sons trials with alfalfa. early cut
Dust before bloom. medium cut tone
week after first bloom,. anu late cut
tone week after full bloom. the fol-
lowing conclusions seem warranted:
Il. Steers fed either the alfalfa with
or without grain made the most rapid
gains on the early cut. and the lowest
on the late cut. or they stand as tOl-
lows: Early cut 100. medium cut a,
late cut 6S.
-. For both first and second crops
the early cut was first in rate OF gain.
while FOR the first crop the late cut was
! better than the medium CUT. and for
the second crop the medium cut Is ar
the better Of the two.
-. The focd eaten per day was
slightly the highest for the early cut
and lowest for the late cut. standing
as 100 for the early cut. % for the
I medium cut, and 81 for the late cut.
~. Pound for pound, the early cut
4 was the best. the late cut second best
a and the medium cut poorest. They
stand as 100 for the early cut. IS for
the medium cut and 81 for the late
"A cut.
-. The early cut yielded the most
hay when weighed into the barn. the
medium cut coming second and the
4 late cut last.
IS. The early cut contained the most
moisture. and when all are reduced 10
the same moistire content. l. per
cent. which the hay contained when
X fed. the yield stands: Early cut l'1.
medium cut a3. and late Gu 90.
-. In amount OF beef produced per
acre the standing is: Early cut 100.
n medium cut II and late cut II.
IS. In yield OF protein. Il very yalua-
Il bile nutrient. the standing is: Ear.y
" cut 100. medium cut * and late cut ~.
20. During the two weeks of budding
and Towering there appears To be no
additional growth: in fact. u results
show a loss of 81 pounds per acre or
|MI
airy matter during this period.
"Further, the results Of wv years
feeding with different crops Of alfalfn.
red clover. mixed hay. timothy and
tlfalfa and straw. appear 10 warrant
AZ he following conclusions:
IsHa Il. In rate of grain per day the DIFF
erent feeds stand ms follows: First
%% rop alfalfa. 100: second crop alfalfa.
=: third crop alfalfa. no. All crops
1EAlfalfa. 81: red clover. -: timothy. %.
49, The food eaten per day varies
bout in the same order IS the gains,
banding as follows: First crop. 100:
econd crop. %: third crop. 1DJ; all
rops. 100; red cLover. so; timothy, -.
20. Pound per pound the good alfalfa
roved about equal to timothy, while
VA rate Of gain it proved better.
ia. A ration of alfalfa and straw.
18th grain. proved superior ID ona CT
falfa and grain.
20. Mixed hay and grain proved SUI
.rior TO alfalfa and grain. but not
7itc so good as alfalfa. straw and
,ain.
~ IS. A ration with n wide nutritiye
III tito. l to $50. proved much better than
3e with Al narrow nutrltiye ratio. | ~
i,G. while q ration having a nutritiye
tito OF l to 4.S1 proved better than
her CO the others.
~N'7. The use OF mixed fodder in the
tions In one case mixed hay aud In
E other alfalfa and straw. appeared
haye much more to do with the feed
value than did the nutritive ratio
= the rations. However. the ration
at was nearest the VOLTS standard
Re the best results.
Is. Better results were obtained by
. liking the ration wider than the
sndard by &c. than by making Il
Grower by la.
~. BY feeding what straw the ami
Us will eat up clean. our foods ricl
Sprotein-alfalfa. bran and wheat
be fed to good advantage, though
nutritive ratio be too narrow,
T7TT7I0 Where the rations contained but
class of folders. legumes. the feed
value very closely followed the
punt Of protein In the ration: but
en the rati0ns contained any other
lers, mixed hay. timothy or straw
varying amounts of protein in the
on appeared to have little to dc
b the variation in feeding value OF
sration."
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