Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-13
N. A. HAUoEa, or IOWA TOWN.
sh,p, PRECEDENT; MERRITT
GREENE, JR., SECRETARY.
PROF. w. J. KENNEDY GIVES
EXCELLENT FEEDING TALK
Describes Feeds and Their Values and
tho Ingredients Needed to Secure
Most Rapid and Best Gains in Ami.
maIs-Peints Out the Essential Fsa.
lures in Feeding.

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atitute was brought TO close Satur-
day afternoon with the excellent talk
on Feeds and Feeding by Prot. w. ].
| Kennedy. head of the departm ent Of ami
! mai huseaudry OF Iowa State College,
and the election of officers. The fol-
! lowing were chosen: President, NJ. A.
/. hauser, of Albion; secretary. Merritt
Greene, Jr.. OF this city.
/ Not having the time 10 SO into the
details OF the many phases OF his sub
! Ject, Professor kennedy outlined h!s
| theme, giving more time TO the analysis
OF various Ieeos and what they con-
Gained taan to any other particular
| phase OF his discourse.
| The Balanced Ration.
| Getting directly to the SUBJECT Oh
! leeds ana feeding, after having outlined
| the type OF animals of various KINDS
| that the farmer should breed and buy,
| Professor kennedy said that there were
! three questions that the FEEDER must
ash niIllse.f a:.a answer them correctly
(: cy the iced he fed and how he led 1t.
| These questions were: What am !
1 feeding 1or?'' What is in the feed?"
What does the animal want. Inc
balanced ration, he said. was nature
! ration. Its the common sense ration.
i. is giving the animal what 1t needs
/ Most of all was needed protein II
builds up the growing animal. 1t makes
! muscle, lean and blood. Protein Is
/ what gives the COW milk. Car
bohydrates and fat produce the ami
mails heat and fat. All feeds have
! plenty of these ingredients.
! Four Feeding PrineiP'es.
/ There are four principles that must
! be followed in feeding. Professor Ken
nedy said. First, that the ration should
be balanced. Balanced with one pro-
portion OF Ingredient to another. He
gave the proportion needed for the
various kinds. emphasizing that what
/ was most needed was feeds that FUR
!; nisied protein. carbon ydrates. and ash.
/ Second: Have your ration palatable.
An animal can not mako steady ana
rapid gains unless he eats great deal
! OF feed. 1t requires. he said 80 per
| cent Of the food eaten to keep the ami
mails body warm and to maintain 1t.
! The rest adds weight and bulk.
Third Having the ration economi-
cal. For this reason he advocated the
growing OF all the feed possible on the
farm and buying az little as possible.
This, he said, tended to cheaper the
cost Of feed
| Fourth: The ration should be home
grown as far as possible. He told the
/ farmers 70 grow their protein IN clover
| hay, SOY beans and COW peas.
Corn the Basis.
Professor Kennedy said that every
ration should contain from S. to so per
cent OF corn. Corn and alfalfa were
good for dairy COWS. growing cattle.
and hogs. For fattening cattle he ad.
vocated corn. clover hay. and gluten
meal Oats. he said. was good, but the
price was ordinarily too high in price.
Barley. ne said. was next in value to
corn for cattle. hogs and dairy cows.
/ The feeder should add to it cotton seed
or gluten meal to get the best results.
Wheat bran. he said was exceptionally
rich in protein. but it was too expen-
sive. Gluten meal. he said. had twice
as much protein in il as wheat bran.
! and the price Of the two feeds is about
the same.
Advocated EnsiIaes.
Corn ensiiase. he declared was one
of the best feeds on the market No
man. he said. could afford to run q
L hoh anu iiot ilhsS u saw. lOAh
age, corn and cotton seed meal was the
feed on which the best gains OF any
were being made at the experimental
station at Ames. The first sixty days,
he said. bunch OF steers fed on this
ia ton had made an average daily gain
in weight OF three and one third
pounds Instead of burning corn stalks
in the field he advised cutting them
and putting them in siio.
Il He advocated cotton seed meal as the
best feed for protein. He said it con-
tanned about 81 per cent of digestibe
protein. Al,ho Professor kennedy's
audience was not large, 1t was larger
than the Friday afternoon crowd. and
gave him the closest attention while he
was talking. Many questions were ask
ed which tended to further develop the
subjects under discussion.