The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-12-29
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one owned by John Lytle gave it first
place. The Lyle horse was, given
second place and the stallion owned
by E. E. Masteller third. |. N. Tay-
lor took the fourth position,
Feeds and Feeding" was the sub
ject of an interesting address deliv.
cred by Prof. Kennedy Tuesday af-
ternoon at 400 o'clock. The other
classes were dismissed and every
man was given. the privilege of at
tending. Not as many were present
as should have been. The lateness
of the day caused many farmers to
return to their homes in order to get
their chores done before the late
hours.
There are four points to be consid-
cred about rotations: First, the
rations should be well balanced;
second, the rations should be palat-
able or the animal should like it;
third, the rations should be economi-
cal, and fourth, the rations should be
home grown as mucn as possible.
Corn, clover and oil meal make an
excellent well balanced food. Oats
were mentioned as the best grain for
the dairy COW, but they are too high
in price and corn can be fed cheap
err. Barley is an excellent feed and
more of it should be grown, was the
opinion of Prof. Kennedy. Alfalfa
and clover are good Tor animals, but
clover is just as good as alfalfa, &C
cording to Prof. Kennedy. Eight
parts corn and one part tankage
makes the best of food. Tankage is
the product purchased from the
slaughter houses. 1t is the remains
dried and ground up. Prof. Kennedy
stated that the tankage is perfectly
harmless to use provided it is kept
dry during the warm summer
months, as it is liable to mold.
Timothy hay is good for driving
horses because they like it and it is
free from dust. Rape sowed in the
corn fields is an excellent thing for
sheep, and it is also good for hogs.
Cotton seed is a good thing for
fattening cattle. For fattening calves
Prof. Kennedy advised the use of
fax seed in skim milk. Several ex'
periments have been made concern
ing the best way to feed corn. Corn
was fed on the ear, soaked on the
ear. shelled, soaked shelled, and corn
brand. For the younger hogs the
corn on the cob gave the best results
and after the hog weighs heavy the
ground corn gave better results. AT
ter a hog begins to get older and
fatter he becomes lazy and the bet,
ter the food is prepared the better
he likes it,
Experiments have been made at
the Iowa State College in forage
crops. The result of the expert
ments will be published in bulletin
form next year. The experiments
lasted for a period of 165 days and
the first bunch of hogs weighed 30
pounds at the start. With this bunch
it was found that corn and clover
produced pork for $3.49 per hundred
pounds. This Is accounting for the
land at IS per acre and the corn at
soc per bushel. After the hog
weighs so pounds the same exper-
fence was made and it was found
that the hogs gained an average of
$50 pounds per day and with corn
and soy beans pork was made for
$2.3S per hundred pounds.
Every farmer who is taking the
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sample of the Oskaloosa Herald.
Watch for the boy with the papers.
Prof. Kennedy, who was in attend
ance at the short course yesterday,
is considered one of the best animal
judges in the United States. Prof.
Kennedy picks the cattle, horses and
hogs for the International Live Stock
Show. His services are valuable.
MILFORD Hull, living west of Os-
kaloosa, is well pleased with the re-
His son was in attendance last year
and after the course he looked over
his seed corn and out of twenty
bushels four bushels were thrown
back into the crib. His land yielded
much more corn as a result.
The attendance is not up to the
standard. The instructors would be
pleased to have more of the Mahaska
county farmers in attendance. 1t
will help make the county produce
a larger crop next year if more at
tend.
Be a booster. While attending the
short course glance through the
short course catalogue then purchase
from the firms that advertised there
in. They advertise in the bulletin,
not so much for the returns as for
the purpose of pushing a good thing
along. Every merchant in Oskaloosa
is interested in your welfare. Patron
ize him.
William r. Lacey, attorney in Os-
kaloosa, is taking the short course.
He is as much interested in the work
as any farmer. He has several farms
in Mahaska county and having de-
sire to help out his renters he is
learning to farm himself. Are you
renting your farm? Then take the
course. The course will not hurt
you.
Mahaska county is the home of