The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-14
ALFALFA
And Kafflr Experiments at the
A. Il n. Station.

past winter at the Oklahoma expert |
ment station were the first of a five
years series to compare the feeding
value Of Kaffir corn, corn, alfalfa and
Kaffir stover for fattening steers.
Twenty head of two year old short
horn steers, native to the region Of
Saltwater, were fed in four lots of five
steers each. They averaged 976
pounds in net weight when put into
the feed pens, the last of October and
were fed as follows, ror 112 days:
Lot l Kaffir meal and alfalfa nay.
Lot 2 corn meal and alfalfa hay
Lot Kaffir meal and Kaffir stover
Lot 4 corn meal and Kaffir stover.
Daily gain per steer; Lot 1, Pa
pounds; lot 2, "a pounds lot 9, 2.33 lbs;
lot 4, lot A, POI pounds.
Gain produced by each bushel OF
grain fed Lot /, 1852 pounds; lot 2, g
pounds; lot 3, 5.29 pounds; lot A. 500
pounds.
Kaffir corn and alfalfa VS.. Kaff'r
corn and Kaffir stover.
The Kaffir corn alfalfa fed steers re
quired 1913 per cent less grain to pro-
duce a pound of gain, than the Kaftir
corn Kaffir stover fed steers and the
gains of the former cost 5.S per cent
less per pound. With the former lot 1t
required Z 35 pounds of grain to pro
duce a pound of gain, with the latter
1917 pounds.
Corn meal and Kaffir VS.. Corn MAI
and Kaffir stover.
The corn and alfalfa fed steers re-
qulred 24.73 per cent less grain to pro-
duce pound of gain than the corn and
Kaffir stover fed steers and a pound
of gain of the corn alfalfa fedd steers
cost 6.5 per cent more than, corn an4
Kaffir being figured at the same price
per bushel.
Kaffir meal vs.. corn meal.
When both grains were fed with al
falfa, the Kaffir corn fed steers re-
quired per cent more of grain to pro
duce a pound of gain and at a cost OF
6.5 per cent more, corn and Kaffir be-
ing figured at the same price per
bushel.
When both grains were fed with
Kaffir stover and Kaffir meal fed
steers required 1916 per cent more
! grain to produce a pound Of gain.
The original plan was to finish the
steers on the feed started with but due
to the supply of alfalfa running out -
change of feed at the end of 112 days
and the steers finished on other feeds.
All lots were fed the same kind of
roughage, mixture of prayer and mill
let hay and Kaffir stover. The grain
was a mixture as follows:
Corn meal or Kaffir meal Is parts,
cotton seed four parts, cotton seed
meal two parts.
The lots were fed as follows:
Lot l and Kaffir meal and cotton
seed products lots Sand corn meal
and cotton seed p roducts.
For the second period daily gains per
steer were:
Lot /, 2.99 pounds.
! Lot 2, 80 pounds.
Lot g. "a pounds.
Lot 4, 2.99 pounds.
Grain eater per pound of gain:
Lot 1, 50 pounds.
Lot 2, 6.54 pounds.
Lot 8, S.73 pounds.
Lot 4, 7.O1 punds.
In the second period we have another
comparison with corn and Kaffir corn.
but fed in connection with other grains.
The steers receiving Kaffir meal win
cotton seed and cooton seed meal gain
ed 1879 per cent less than the steers
fed on corn meal and cotton seed and
cotton seed meal, and required 26. 63 per
cent more grain to produce pound OF
gain.
The steers were shipped to the Kan
sas City market. The average shrink
age per head in transit was "a pounds.
Lot l sold for $4.95.
Lot sold for $500.
Lot sold for $4.90.
Lot 4 sold for $4.S5.
Lot No. l dressed 61.21 per cent.
Lot 2 dressed 81 II per cent
Lot dressed 1921 per cent.
Lot A dressed so. SO per cent.
over the cost of the steers and the
cost of the feed, lot 1 mad a profit OF
$44.33.
Lot 2 made a profit of $46.25.
Lot 3 made a profit of $27.14.
Lot 4 made a prfit of $34.76.
There is a great argument in the fore
going results to induce the Oklahoma
farmers to make greater efforts to
raise alfalfa, as there is no doubt that
they must have it to make the mos;
economical use Of their feeds. Again al
tn average price of cotton seed and co..
ton seed meal there will be a great say.
ing In the cost of beef production II
they are used in connection with corr
and Kaffir corn, especially when the
farmer has not he alfalfa to feed and
more especially for the last 80 or G,
days of the fattening period.
The common feeds raised on the Ok
lahoma farms are deficient in protein
and stock will not make the best gains
on them without the addition of suci
feeds as alfalfa, cowpeas, cotton SEED
cotton seed meal linseed oil meal, SOY