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

barns. though an open shed has
some advantages. a. II keeps out
the wet and excessive cold With
alfalfa hay. We have found that
but very little grain Is necessary
IN order to make good gains with
beef steers In experiments con-
Quoted at the Utah station, gains
Of nearly two pounds a day We're
secured on an average Of about
four POUNDS Of grain when fed with
alfalfa At 800 a ton for the al.
f7lfa and about s22.O0 for the grain.
fairly cheap gains were made. and
II animals were purchased and sold
IN a good way. profit could BE-
made from this business Wild hay
IS also a good feed for beef cattle,
especially if some grain can be fed
IN conjunction In some sections,
however. notably along the Bear
river. profitable feeding Is carried
on every winter with hay alone
The cheapest gains ever reported
IN feeding wheat for beef We're
made in the West when alfalfa and
beet pulp were used If the farm
er can get hold Of beet pulp and
feed It with good hay. he would
find remarkable gains can be made
and at a good profit One thing
we should get over in our western
beef business Is feeding our steers
until they are and four years old,
as the profits are generally much
larger when the animals are sold
at younger ages.
In feeding the dairy COW. We
have quite a different proposition. /
as the dairy animal has no layer Of /
fat ike the beef animal to keep I
her warm. For this reason, good I
barns should be supplied wherever
dairy cows are to be kept. A dairy I
animal does more work than prac-
ticalIy any other animal on the
farm and one cannot afford TO
have her food going to produce
heat TO keep her warm under ad-
verse conditions A good, warm
comfortable stable should be sup
piled. The dairy COW IS factory h
which uses a large amount OF
rough feed. works It over. and
gives milk, the concentrated pro-
duct. If then, the animal IS sup
piled with good raw products.
large amount Of milk can be man
Straw and poor hay can
not make enough energy TO much
more than keep up the body heat
of the animal and Of course there
would be no excess from which to
make milk Dairy cows should
have a liberal allowance of good
and should be fed IN con-
nection with some grain and roots
barley, bran, or rolled oats
can be used to supply the grain
The bran Is a protein feed and /
does not balance the alfalfa nearly
as we'll as barley, yet it Is liked by /
the cows and is generally a part of /
every dairy ration. It mas been
found, however. that not more than
three pounds can be fed per day
NTH alfalfa with any degree Of
profit
The dairymen at Richmond found
hat they could bring in corn and ;
iced it with bran and alfalfa TO {
profit. Carloads are purchased
very year and good results seem
o be obtained where the cost IS
lot over 81 20 per hundred. If some
.OOtS. such as mangles. could be q
added to the dairy ration. II would
ielp materially. as sueculents of {
his kind are needed by the dairy {
-ows. Keep the dairy COW COM i
give her all that she can
.at OF good feed and if she Is the {
light kind of animal, she Will re-
urn you very good profit for
our trouble.
In the raising of horses IN the
Vest. we lose sight quite often Of
he fact that colts if allowed to
-un down and get in poor shape
lever make big horses. Size sells 4
n the market and every hundred
,ounds over fourteen hundred IS
generally worth about $500 At 5
% hundred, horse flesh can be C
iroduced by the farmer at 4 great v
.rofit II
Feed the colts Well. giving the Z
raft youngsters some grain, such =
; oats or bran during the winter Z
nd supplying them good parture I
r range dnring tae summer. Il 7
his is done. you might Just as Well Z
e selling 1900 or 100 pounO horses I I
t four years old instead of =
marketing the 400 pound kind. In