The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-12

Roots are 70 British cattle iesdsis
what corn Ia TO their American cousins
tho primary requirement. and whep
tho crop falls those feeders suneg IN
practically the same measure a. 40
the growers OF stock In this country
when corn yields but q snail or poor
crop. az. for example. the case Of issi.
says 1.-Two Stock Report Economy In
feeding II thus rendered absolutely
necessary and the feeder has 10 study
how no can get the largest returns from
bis outlay. Turnlps are the principal
feature Of the English feeders ration.
and as high as 100 10 lG0 lbs. per head
per day IL sometimes fed In certain dis
tr.cta Il was with the object IN view
OF testing tho advantages Of giving fat
tening steers large and small quantities
o. roots that DR.. Voeleker for the Royal
Agricultural Society Of England con-
Quoted at Woburn an experiment the
past year. Sixteen two-yoar-old Here
ford steers we're secured for the Dur-
pose. They we're divided into two
equal lots. each receiving the same
quantity Of cake 0lnseed and decorti-
Gated cotton and barley. while one lot
was limited a. 70 roots and the other
hae all they would eat, the supplies OF
chah-hay and cat straw-and water
being varied In accordance with the
needs Of the animals. The feeding was
divided into three periods. and the ra-
tons for the arst part Of the feeding
period were 2 lbs. each daily OF llnseed
cake. and the same quantity Of decor
Heated cotton cake and Of srittled bar
ley. for the second portion Of the per
Tod. iha. Of each Kind Of cake and
ihs Of barley. and for the third portion
J lbs. OF llnssed cake. lhs. Of decorti'
Gated cotton cake. and lbs. Of barley
As 20 rO0ts-hrst consisting Of Whit
turnlpa. next OF aWedes. then OF mixe'
Hwedes and nangels. and lastly OF man
gels oniy-ons lot Of steers was allowed
Is lbs. each daily for a short time. AMI
afterwards IS lbs: while the other 10
had 40 lbs. 70 start with. a quantity
which was increased 10 % lba.. whiel
was all they would eat except IN on
week when they consumed s. lba III
lot which had least roots consumed
about a pound OF chan a day each AM
10 lbs Of water more than the othe
lot AZ the end Of IL days the 10
which bad received the smaller GUAM
tity OF roots had gained !. is9 lbs. 10 Nv
weight. or i.Gs lbs. each per day Will
the other lot had gained i5cS lbs.. o
i55 lbs each per day. The oareas
weight OF the frEt lot was 5S.57 pc
cent OF tho live weight. and that Of n
second lot was $3.50 The SEXUAL gail
In value Of the loi fet on the large
quantity OF roots was about 70 cts. Pc
head. but when the cost Of the extr
feed was taken into consideration d.
voelcker figured out a balance IN fave
Of the heavy root feeding OF Just min
cents per animal.
We notice that IN commenting upo
the above experiment British agrieu
tural papers oplne that the two ration
we're not as strongly eontTas,ed as the
might have been TO render the result I
he feeding OF greater interest and bent
a.. believing that IN order 10 asce
tain whether Il "a better 10 give roo
freely and cake and grain spanhgly.
vice versa. q would have been better
have let one lot Of the steers have DO
bic the weight Of roots and half q
weight Of corn supplied 10 the other
Instead Of giving the former only Is u
a head more roots and the same cal
and grain a. were given the latter