The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-04

pounds OF prairie hay. No hay Is
given at any other time OF day. On
this ration my draft horses keep In
perfect condition, fat and with a
very glossy coat. To my roadsters /
feed from one-half to two-thirds as
much or from two to three pounds
OF alfalfa meal and almost as much
grouni corn and in just the same
way, with about FIVE pounds of
prairie hay in the evening. Feeding
them in this way. we notice no ex-
cessive urination, no unusual sweat
ing. no softeness or Indigestion. and
II makes an almost perfect substitute
for oats. Once In a while driver
does not do so wei without an occa-
sional feed of oats, but a very larg,
per cent OF them are fed no oats at
all, as the corn chop and alfalfa mea,
Is much more economical prepared
thirty driving horses for sale last
winter and spring on this kind Of
feed and they were pronounced By
experts to be In the most perfect
physical condition they had ever seen
bunch OF horses. ! also worked
twenty young horses OF the rae.
track. feeding them In the same way
that | did the drivers. making little
changes for individual pecullarities.
and the results were equally satisfsc-
tory. We drove a number OF them
'one-elghth mile in fifteen seconds on
this kind OF feed. They seemed to
have all the snap and life and energy
required and their physical condition
seemed perfect. But think the very
best ana most remarkable results
were in feeding a bunch OF draft
colts. These were fei in the proper
ton of one-half bushel OF Alfalfa meal
to one quart OF corn. mixed wet as
before and fed IN hunks in eed yards.
The cots were fed all OF this they
could eat up clean three times a day
and wefe allowed to run TO prairie
hay and oat and straw and eat as
much as tey pleased They made
the greatest growth and looked the
best of any lot OF colts IN the coun-
try. and the expense was not nearly
so great as It would have been TO
feed them oats as | used to 10.
We also fed 20 head OF steers for
beef. starting with 10 pounds OF corn
and 20 pounds OF alfalfa meal per
day for each steer and gradually re-
ducing the alfalfa meal until We had
90 pounds OF corn and 10 pounds OF
alfalfa meal
These steers were allowed some
corn fodder for roughening and the
feeding was so profitable we cleared
over $500 on the 20 steers while
none OF our neighbors were able 20
make any profit on the same priced
steers and beef We fed a bunch Of
sheep with equally good results In
feeding hogs we find our best results
by mixing shorts ana finely ground
alfalfa meal half and half by weight,
and have Il fed in a thin swlli. For
brood sows and growing pigs II Is The
cheapest and most satisfactory feed
we have ever used. For finishing fat
tening hogs L NAV be a little bulky
TO get the most rapid results. al
though a title OF the alfalfa fed even
to them will be great benefit unless
one had some more concentrated pro
TEN ike tsnkage. We also fel 40
head OF dairy cows for SIX months as
an experiment. We found that for
the average mixer giving about ? y
gallons OF milk per day that one
quart Of corn chops TO one-half
bushel OF alfalfa meal fed twice a
dav with al the corn fodder sh,.
wished between feeds. was very sat
sfactory ration and produced more
milk at the least expense. A num-
Der OF experiments were made chang
ing alfalfa meal 10 bran and back
again. pound for pound. and always
the results were In favor OF the al
falfa meal In the amount OF mia
produced From these experiences