The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-09-13

reason 1hat III hhe SEVuna kraln ~ VI W
mixed with the hay and fodder the
latter must be passed through the cut
ter and reduced to fine condition OF
course, there are objections to % doing.
vet the cutting Of the food into short
lengths will effect a saving that would
more than Offset the cost Of labor, ~
the stock would eat more and cost less.
But there Ii a gain in feeding ground
grain with cut hay or fodder In an
other manner, When tho grain u
mixed with the coarse material It y
more easily digeted, AZ It ID divided
and carried Into the stomach IN con-
dition which permits OF the gradual &C
ton Of the digestive organs The long
proyender, also being In fine state,
a great proportion OF nutrition Is there
by extracted, and the system OF treat
ing the whole together will pross
economical.
Digestion OF Foods In Feeding.
A series Of tests is repeatedly Storrs
Station, Connecticut, In which corn
meal and mixed hay in turn were fed
as maintenance ration to two dry,
farrow cows. .Ehe results OF tests
with milch cows, pigs and calves Nre
also quoted and discussed for pur-
poses OF comparison.
On an average 6.25 pounds OF corn
meal containing 40 pounds digestible
nutrients was required for mainte-
nance by the farrow cows as compared
with 1915 pounds of hay containing
II pounds Of digestible nutrients:
that is, on an average 81 per cent
more dlgestible nutrients was required
for maintenance when derived from
hay than from corn meal Less d.
gestible nutrients from corn meal,
therefore, were required for mainte-
nance than from hay, because less en-
ergy Of the feed was used In the work
of digestion and assimilation" An
increase In the proportion OF grain to
rorghage in ration for mich COWS
(In tests which were quoted) tends TO
facilitate digestion. and Ii followed by
increased production"
A similar explanation VIII account
for the more rapid gain In the case Of
pigs and calves fed the more easily d.
gesttble rations In the tests SUMMARY
ICED In general. according to the au-
thor, '.the value of d feed depends
unon It's composition. dlgestlbility and
ease or facility OF digestion. The first
| first two factors are considered In the
forinulation OF rations. The third fac
tor - only recently been recognized.
and little definite knowledge In regard
1t ID at hand In a general way Il
is recognized that milk Is more easiiy
digested than meal. concentrates than
roughage. early than late cut hay, 81
lage than corn stoyer. cat than rye
straw A pound OF digestlble matter.
therefore. SHOULD be more valuable
In the former than In the iatteA."
value OF sunfaower.
The sunfiower, though 1t originated
In this country In the region OF the
great plains, is not used so extensively
here ms In some other countries, not
ably Russia. It Is long time since
the plant first delighted the eyes Of
Europeans, being then cultivated In the
gardens Of Madrid. The early Spanish
explorers had found II In this country
and taken 1t home with them.
The plant was utilized by the Ameri-
can Indians long before the days Of
Columbus When Champlain visited
the Georgian Bay In 1915 he found tn
natives growing II and using the oil for
their hair. II was raised chiefly, how
ever, for the food afforded by the sesds,
In Russia at the present day tia
seeds ara eaten In immense quantities
raw or roasted. az peanuts are In
America, and the oil obtained BY press.
ing the seeds Is an important article
OF diet The frequent religious fast
days In that country restrict the use ol
meat and lead to large consunption
OF vegetable oil. The manufacture Of
eunfiower oil has consequently grown
to considerable dimensions. The best
seeds yield an oil that compares IN.
vorably with oilve oil for table pur>
poses
Even the upper classes IN Russia eat
the seeds, the larger and fines ones be-
ling quite equal to most nuts IN respect
LOT paiatabiiity and wholasomeness.
The STALKS and dried leaves are highly
priced for fuel, being In some parts Of
the empire almost the only available
substitute for wood An acre Of sun
flowers win yield many cords Of good
fuel.
| The oil appears 10 have more Of tbs
general properties Of olive oil than has
any other known vegetable oil II
takes about bushei OF seeds 70 make
i gallon Of oil, and fifty bushels u
seeds can be grown on one acre Of land
As the oil sells at 81 gallon. the profit
Ii large.
| or late years purified suninwer oil
has been used extensively to adnlterats
olIve oil II II Of pale ysilowisf
color ana decidedly palatahie In q
cruEe state II II used by painters Il
some extent. bur 1t n inferior TO Nm
seed oil for use In paint.
In addition 10 the OIL from the aesis
ts.n asuAk@ xvhna s<ra0n emH a. All