The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-06

AIAsAxA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


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for beef production than shelled corn,
while for combined beef and pork pro-
duction, they appear to be about equal
~ eficient.
This test indicates that the supple
menting Of corn with heterogeneous con-
centrates used In this instance In
creases the efficiency Of corn and clok-
err hay for beef production.
The chaffing Of hay ana mingling II
with the concentrates In the form OF
meals did not add materially to<their
| efliciency for beef production. although
| by this system Of feeding there Is less
likelihood OF getting the steers OF
feed or Of securing.
The amount Of gain made BY hogs
following steers appears to be largely
| regulated by the amount of undlgested
corn In the droppings Of the steers in
| an available form for the hogs to re-
cover therefore. larger gains are made
| by hogs following steers fed corn only
| than where It IL supplemented with oil
meal and gluten meal. thus rendering
| II more efiicient for beef production.
Where enough pigs are provided to
| consume undfgested feed In the drop
| pings of steers It requires fully twice
\ as many where corn is fed whole as II
does where meal is fed to the steers.
/ The results Of this experiment are
| SO striking that 1t appears that the
grinding OF corn for feeding choice
| two-year-old steers during the winter
| season Is not warranted. The profits
of feeding ear corn are fully twice as
large as those secured in feeding corn
| meal or corn and cob meal.
The feeding OF silage In moderate
quantities is not necessarily conducive
to heavy shrinkage In shipping or
small per centages of dressed beef.
| Many who advocate the feeding of
ear corn to cattle IL hogs follow. advo-
cate the feeding of meal II for any rea-
son II seems desirable to eliminate the
hog. The results of this experiment do
not warrant such a conclusion. After
eliminating the hog from the cattle
feeding operations here presented the
feeding of broken ear corn was fol-
lowed with larger profits than the
feeding of meal.
While the results Of this experiment
show tAat 1t does not pay to grind corn
for winner feeding 1t should not be as
sumed mat It does not pay to- grind
corn for cattle that are being fattened
| In summer on grass.
Importance Of the Manure spreader.
The manure spreader is coming suf-
fciently into common use In the State
of Michigan and throughout the coun-
| try in general to demonstrate Its Inn
portance to the farmer. On the college
farm at the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege. one has been In use for some
years, giving very satisfactory results.
Here the manure is hauled out nearly
as fast as made, the work being done
daily except In busy seasons.
1t is our theory that barnyard is
no place to sort manure, with the ma
nure pile as a possible concomitant of
a COW stable. We do not want our
any IN on n q q a m
nure pile, dragging their udders
through the mire. Besides the manure
contains more plant food when first
made than it ever does afterwards, and
finally, the soil needs not alone the
manure, but 1t needs the decay of the
manure. For all these reasons we haul
the manure as fast as made.
In work of this kind the manure
spreader is simply invaluable since the
heavy stuff Is handled BY the fork but
once.
The manure is pitched directly from
the stall on to the spreader or from
the stall ON to the wheelbarrow and
dumped on to the spreader or from the
stall into the manure carrier and
dumped on the spreader. 1t is hauled
directly to the field and the man has
nothing further to do except to drive
straight and push in and pull out a
lever at the beginning and the end Of
the job. 1t is unfortunate that no rec-
ords have been kept here as to the
length of time taken in unloading 1t,
but not much time Is spent in this op-
Grafton.
When the manure Is allowed to ac-
cumulate in the yard or Is piled and Is
then hauled to the field, another factor
enters into consideration. Either two
manure spreaders must be used where
the haul Is a short one or none. One
must be loading while the team is taxi
ing the other to the field and unload
ing, otherwise the team must stand
still while the load is being pitched on.
and on most farms there Is a dearth |
rather than a surplus of teams and
hence the economy of their time must
be regarded
Unless the manure spreader will hold
a full load, at least 5000 pounds to g.
500 pounds, 1t Is not adapted to the
work of hauling the manure from the
pile, but where 1t Is large enough and |
where two of them can be used 1t Is |
good practice to have one man stay at |
the loading point and the other drive |
the spreaders to the field and spread
the manure.
If no manure spreaders are used and
there are on the farm hardly teams
enough to do the work, 1t Is good
plan to haul the manure to the field
and pull OF with the manure hook In
piles to be spread later, rather than
to spread directly from the wagon as
this means a loss of time for the team.
The trouble is that a man cannot
spread 1t as evenly over the ground
from the piles as the manure spreader
nor can two men from the wagons dis
tribute it as evenly or as quickly.
have watched both methods pretty
carefully and know that I am safe in
saying that the manure spreader gives
a much more even spread than does the
fork in the hand of the ordinary or
superior laborer. Besides, by proper
the spreader will put on as
much manure to the acre or as little as
Is desired. 1t Is hard to get men to
change their methods or regulate the
thickness of the application.
think that our good old friend, DR..
Roberts, practically the founder of the
Department of the Cornell
University, was quite right in saying
manure to the acre and apply once in
four years than to put on sixteen loads
per acre once In eight years. Little
and often ought to be the rule where
the quantity of manure Is limited.
The manure spreader Is just the tool
to use where you want to put on |
light coat. The tool can be used at |
any time during the summer when the
soil is not too wet. 1t can be used In
the winter If the snow IL not too deep |
Professor Jenfery of the Michigan
College reports that the
cost of repairs is not excessive nor Is
there much danger of lost time by
breakage or mal-adJustment. Some OF |
the older machines were not carefully
and there was loss when
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