Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-03-15

USED as iflt IctucfS OF TIE EdS
would use. With lambs weighing
sixty pounds, about a third Of
pound Of grain daily seem TO give
very good results. One advantage
in sheep feeding is that the grains
do not have TO be ground, and the
animals need very little housing.
The hog business is one which the
West is taking up TO a great extent
and one which is going TO yield big
profits 70 mos of the farmers.
Feeding is he biggest proposition
with hogs, as the housing does not
cost very much. Keep the pigs
growing by feeding such grains as
ground barley or wheat or shorts.
These fed VII. skim milk, alfalfa,
and some roots will produce pork
at a very low price and will alow
the farmer very nice profit on
his investment. Pork can be pro-
duced at from to cents pound,
and with the selling price as it has
been, to cents, you can see that
very good returns are secured. Do
not let the young pigs stop grow
ing, as the stunning for little
while of the young animals is 60
ing to make the cost of future
gains very much greater.
The advantages to be gained then
for the western farmer from the
feeding to livestock practically all
Of his crops upon his own land are
many. AS a rule, advanced prices
are secured over what the market
men will give, and this, too, right
al your own door, for the hauling
Of grain and hay to the railroad is
a Dig proposition as compared with
he marketing of livestock. Ano-
her thing not thought of by the
farmer is that some day
lis lands are going to run out TO
| certain extent if some kind of |
lusbandry is not practiced. If,
however,, nearly everything produe-
ID is fed on the farm, and the
ertilily in this way practically all
to the SOIL the farms can
re just as good when handed down
O the children as they are now.
There is more fertility sold from
be farm many times in hay and
rain than the price of the crop
would bring back. Watch this care
ully and see that no products
re marketed from your farm IN
form, leaving the fer
ility to help you grow new crops.
mother advantage of the livestock
usiness is that it equalizes the
york to a great extent on the aver
ge farm. For in the winter, when
he crops do not worry one, we
ave the livestock to take care OF,
nd in the summer when the work
t the crops is rushing, the live
took takes but little attention. AS
rule, the man who is busy is the
IAN who is making money, and if
e can furnish labor all the year
round will be able to reap a
lrger profit on the investment.
Composition of Feeds.
Alfalfa, dry matter 9f.9: Protein,
D.5. carbohydrates, starches and
ugars, i0.5; fat, 9
Timothy, d. m. 1913; p, 2.S; c. 5.
!, 42.4; f. i.3.
Wild hay. d. m, s4.7; p. AZ; c.
s., 1910 f., Is
Corn fodder, d. m, 57.S; p, %;
$. s., 3l.6; f., i.2.
at straw, d. m, 9O.s; p. i.3; c.
s., 1915; f.. 0.S.
heat Straw, 90A; p, 0.S: c. s. s., !
-; f., 0.l.
Wheat, d. M, s9.5; p, SO; c. 5. $,
3; f, Is. i
Bran, d. M. $50; p, i2l; c.
$. 81; f. %. /
shorts, d. m, 1873; p, 1870; c. 5. /,
i5.7; f., as. Il
Corn, d. M, 1874; p, 10; c. 5. s., =
3; f., i.9. o
Barley, d. M, s9.2; p, 81; c. $, /
65.3; f, i.6. Q
Oats, d. M, 1915; p, s.s; c. 5. 5. ;
2: f, i.3.
Sugar beets, d. M, 1876; p, 10 G. d
5. 9.s; f., OF "
Maugles, d. M, g.; p, 10; c. 5. g
5.5: +, o.. Il
Carrots, d. M, IA; ., O.S; c. S. o
II; f. 0.3 Il
Milk, d. m, 1913; p. 81; c. $. 5, u
!; t, 81. II
skim milk, d. m. "a; p, %; c. Ii
s., SO; f., 0.3. p'
hey. d. M. 90; p. 0.6: c. s. $, 5.0s q
0.2. -
eds That When Used Together d;
Make "a Balanced Ration. M
,rotein feeds with carbohydrate