The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-14


Roots" are 10 British cattle feeders
what corn 10 10 their American cousins
tho primary requirement. and when
the crop falls those feeders suffer in
practically the same measure e. do
che growers OF stock In this country
when corn Yields but q small or poor
crop. a.. for example. the case Of 1894.
says Live Stock Report Economy IN
feeding Is thus rendered absolutely
necessary and the feeder has 70 study
how he can get 'Ae largest returns from
his outlay. TurnlpS are the principal
feature OF the English feeders ration.
and as high as $50 10 100 lbs. per head
per day Is sometimes fed In certain dis
tricts. II was witt the object IN view
OF testing tho advantages Of giving Ia.
tening steers large and small quantities
OF roots that DR.. voeleker for tbs Royal
Agricultural Society Of England con
Quoted AZ Woburn an experiment the
past year. Sixteen tWo-year-old Here
ford steers were secured for the pur.
pose. They wero divided into two
equal lots. each receiving the same
quantity Of cake Qlnseed and deeorii-
Gated cotton ana barley. while one lot
was limited AZ 10 roots and the other
had all they would eat. the supplies Of
ehaf-hay and cat Etraw-and water
being varied Ia accordance with the
needs Of the animals The feeding was
divided into three periods. and the ra-
items for tho hrst part Of the feeding
period were lbs. each daily Of llnseed
cake. and the same quantity Of decor
Heated cotton cake and Of grittled bar
ley; for the second portion Of the per-
Tod. Lbs Of each kind Of cake and
lba. Of barley. and for the third portion
} lba. Of ilnsesd cake. lbs. Of deoorti-
Gated cotton cake. and lbs, Of barley.
As 10 rOots-nrst consisting Of white
,urnlps. next Of sWedss. then OF mixed
awedes and mansels. and lastly Of man
gels only-ons LOT Of steer1 was allowed
Is lbs each daily for a short time. and
afterwards IS lbs: while the other lot
had 40 lbs 10 start with. a quantity
which was increased 10 % lba. which
was all they would eat. except In one
week when they consumed IS lba The
lot which had least roots consumed
about a pound Of chan a day each and
10 lbs. OF water more than the other
lot AZ the end Of IL days the lot
which had received the smaller guam.
tity Of roots had gained I .4Sg lbs In live
weight, or ies iba. each per day: while
the other LOT had gained SOS lbs.. or
i75 lbs each per day. The carcass
weight Of the first lot was 1851 per
cent Of the live weight. and that Of the
second lot was 5see. The actual gain
In value Of the loi fed on the larger
quantity OF roots was about 70 cts per
head. but when the cost Of the extra
feed was taken into consideration Dr.
Voelcker figured out a balance IN favor
Of tho heavy root feeding Of Just nine
cents per animal.
We notice that 10 commenting upon
the above experiment British agrieul-
turai papers oplne that the two raiions
were not az strongly eontrasted a. they
might have been 10 render the result Of
be feeding Of greater interest and bene-
a.. believing that in order 70 ascer-
tain whether Il Il better TO givs roots
freely and cake and grain sparingly. or
vice versa. Il would have been better 70
have let one 10, Of the steers have dou-
bic the weight Of roots and half the
weight OF corn supplied TO the other lot
Instead OF giving the former only Is lbs,
a head more roots and the same cake
and grain a. were given the latter.