The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-01-30
USE OF WESTERN FEEDS
By John r. Caine, ~, Utah Agricu''
turai College.

oregon snort Lille DeniohS'"'""
Train Lecture.
The permanency Of any system OF
agriculture and the ultimate profit de-
rived from II are dependent to great
extent on the marketing Of the crop.
where everything lie sold and nothing
returned to the soil, farms soon run
down and the farmer does not reap
the largest profit, the middle men get
ting the lions share. The farm should
he run like any other manufacturing
plant where the raw materials are
worked over and marketed only as fin
ished products.
We of the west have an idea that
other sections being more favored can
do the feeding cheaper and better
than we can. If. however. we look
closely into this subject, we find that
the west has many advantages over
nearly any other section in this line.
The climate is ideal for feeding, the
altitude makes for good strong feeds
and for good lungs, the soil makes
good feet and bone In our livestock
The last pertains mostly to the pro
duction of horses. The ruggedness
which most of our western livestock
have, Is due to the mountain condi-
tons and to their healthy, out-of-door
life. The west Is well supplied with
feed, as we have alfalfa-the best hay
in the world-grown here TO perfec.
ton. With this hay good results can
H. To-, nnar1V
class OF livestock, though of course
with some grain is necessary and with
all Il gives much better results. Tim
,thy and wild hay are good feeds. es-
peciaily II procured from our high
mountain valleys, and are much want
ID for feeding horses. Corn fodder can
: % grown to advantage nearly every
| where. and makes u fine addition to
the roughage of most any ration. The
western grains are all superior and
wheat and its by.products can be used
% good advantage here. Barley and
jats are especially useful in feeding
horses, dairy cows and beef Roots,
.hough very little used as yet, can be
grown In great abundance In this sec
ion and make valuable addition to
most rations. The great production
,ecured with roots in the west makes
~ able to use this feed instead OF the
,ucculent silage of the east. With
his group Of feeds and the price at
which they can be secured under aver
age western conditions, there is no
, 'eason why feeding cannot be carried
, )ut successfully.
In order to get this feeding prob
EN- before you in the best manner, 1t
will be necessary TO go into the prac-
:ical side. of nutrition to a slight ex-
, .ent. The chemist arranges the sub.
, stances found In plants that are use
! 'ul to the animals into several
groups. OF these, protein, carbohy'
irates, and fats are the ones which
concern us most. Protein might be
described as material of the nature
Of muscle-the white of an egg is a
very good example These substances
are used in the body for the build
ng of muscle bone, and for making
milk The carbohydrates are best
described as materials like starch or
sugar, though in the plant crude fibre
and other materials are also includ'
I'D. This group is used in the ami
NAL body for the production OF en-
srgy and fat. Fats are used for the
production of energy and fat but are
very much more valuable pound fol-
pound than the carbohydrates. A Ger
tain proportion of each OF these Is
needed every day to keep up the
work of the animal body When
hese constituents or foods are given
IN Just the right proportion to supply
avery want of the animal, we have
what IL known as balanced ration
BY ration we mean the amount o.
, feed required for an animal for one
day. SO balanced ration means the
: correct proportion OF feed for
, given animal to supply all his bod,
, wants for twenty.four hours. For in
stance, the dairy COW producing
twenty pounds OF milk requires abou
: Two and half pounds OF digestibl'
i tible carbohydrates, and five.tenthi
Q Of pound OF fat for each day Thi
would be applied approximately b!
feeding twenty-five pounds OF alfalfa
with a few pounds OF grain. BY tn,
iigestible material in the feed W,
mean the amount that can be use'
by the animal. as there 10 consider
able that cannot be digested and as
simulated, and so is of no use. Tn
proportion OF feeds used differs o
course with the age, breed and typ
OF animal, so no definite and bindin
law can be laid down as to amount
j to be fed 10 all II is not necessar
that you always figure out each ra
ton in this exact manner, but W
should know in practical way wha
the feeds contain. II we feed all a
falfa, there Is an excess OF proteir
which Is waste to some extent, bu
II we add some corn the feeds ba