The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-01-19

for "a hours. For instance, the dairy
COW producing 70 pounds of milk re-
quires about 21a pounds of digcstible
protein, Is pounds of digestible car
bahydrates, and $40 of a pound Of
fat for each day. This would be ap-
piled approximately by feeding Is
pounds OF alfalfa with a few pounds of
grain. By the digestible material in
the feed we mean the amount that can
be used by the animal. as there is con-
siderable that cannot be digested and
assimilated, and SO is of no use. The
proportion of feeds used differs of
course with age, breed and type of
can be laid down as to amounts to be
fed to all. 1t is not necessary that
you always figure out each ration in
this exact manner, but we should
know in practical way what the feed
contains If we feed all alfalfa, there
is an excess of protein, which is
waste to some extent, but if we add
some corn the feeds balance, as corn
is rich in carbohydrates and poor in
protein. If we feed barley alone, the
proportion of fat and carbohydrates
will be i'll excess and so this feed
would not supply the requirements in
an animal. In order to balance it,
then, feeds like wheat, bran or shorts
or alfalfa would have to be used
Among the feeds rich in protein, we
have alfalfa, clover, bran, shorts, peas,
and skim-milk. Among the carbohy-
drate feeds, we have timothy, wild hay,
corn, barley, oats, sugar beets, etc
AS rule, feeds from the last group.
should be fed with some from the
lrst, and vice versa, as this will tend
to make the proportions more nearly
right and would more nearly supply
the needs of the animal.
A narrow ration is one in which the
proportion of protein is large when
compared to the amount of carbohy-
drates and fats. For example, alfalfa
fed alone would make what is called a
narrow ration. A wide ration is one
in which the proportion of carbohy-
drates and fats is large when compar-
ed with the amount of protein. For
example, corn alone would make a
very wide ration.
In feeding our young animals, we
find that as the age increases, the
amount of feed necessary to make a
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The cheaper gains are made while the
animal is young and for this reason
success generally comes to the man
who keeps everything growing from
babyhood up. 1t costs considerable
more to get an animal back in shape
after it has once lost the young fat
than it would have done to have kept
him growing. An animal can lose five
or ten times more in one day than can
be put back on in the same time, and
for this reason one days starving or
other poor conditions means a great
loss to the average farmer We cannot
expect to have exactly two animals
grow where one has grown before,
but we ought to get the animals much
larger at the same age than we are in
the habit of doing in this section. Re-
member always then to be little le-
nient with feed for the young stock,
as there is no time that SO much can
be made from feed as while the ami
mails are young.
In feeding for breeding animals or
just for growth, we should be very
careful to supply food that will make
for plenty of bone and muscle, end
this we get from our protein feeds
such as alfalfa. Do not feed your
breeding animals too much, especially
of a concentrated fattening feed but
give them enough to keep them in
good healthy condition. This does
not mean skin-poor, the condition
that we find so many of our western
animals in, but menas that they are in
such shape that all of the functions
of their body are working in normal
condition. In feeding for market, tn.
fattening foods can be used to q
greater extent, and one does not have