Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-08-24

In the plant the crude fiber an,
other materials are also included
This group is used in the ANNA
body for the production of energ,
and fat but are very much more val
liable pound for pound than the car
bohydrates. A certain portion of eacl
OF these is needed every day to keel
up the work of the animal body
| When these constituents or food.
are given in just the right proportion
TO supply every want of the ami
NAL, We have what is known as q
balanced ration. By ration we meal
the amount of feed required for al
animal for one day. So balanced ra
ton means the correct proportion OF
feed for given animal to supply
all his body wants for "a hours. Fol
instance, the dairy COW producing 2(
pounds of milk requires about 21a lbs
Of digestible protein, 10 pounds OF
digestible carbohydrates and 5-10 OF
a pound of fat for each day, This
would be applied approximately by
eSding 25 pounds of alfalfa with a
few pounds of grain. By the digest
IDLE material in the feed we mean
the amount that can be used by the
animal as there is considerable that
cannot be digested and assimilated
and so is of no use. The proportion
of feeds differs of course with the
age, breed and type of animal, so
40 definite law can be laid down
as to amounts to be fed to ALL II
ire out each ration in this eXac
manner, but we should all know il
practical way what the feeds con
ain, If we feed all alfalfa, there is
an excess of protein, which is a
waste to some extent, but II we add
some corn the feeds balance, as corr
s rich in carbohydrates and poo
n protein. If We feed barley alone
the proportion of fat and carbo
hydrates will be In excess and sc
this feed would not supply the re-
luirements in an animal. In order
20 balance it, then, feeds like wheat,
bran, or shorts or alfalfa would have
to be used. Among the feeds ricl
in protein, We have alfalfa, clover
bran, shorts, peas and skinned mi
Among the carbohydrate feeds we have
timothy, wild hay, corn, barley, oats,
sugar beets, etc. AS a rule feed
from the last group should be fe,
with some of the first, and vice yer
sa, as this will tend to make the pro
portions 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
to the amount of carbohy.
drates and fats. For example, alfal-
ia fed alone would make what is call
a narrow ration. A wide ration is one
in which the proportions of carbohy-
lrates and fats is large when com
pared with the About of protein.
For example, corn ale e 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
pound Of gain increases very much
The cheaper gains are made while |
The animal is young and for this rea-
son success generally comes to the |
nan who keeps everything growing |
rom babyhood up. 1t costs consider
able more to get an animal back in
o shape after it has once lost the |
young fat than it would have done to
Keep him growing. An animal can
ose five or ten times more in one
lay than can be put back on in the
same time, and for this reason one
lays starving or other poor condi-
ions means great loss to the aver
lge farmer. We cannot expect to
rave exactly two animals grow where
me has grown before, but we ought
o get the animals much larger al
he same age than we are in the
labit of doing in this section. Re-
member always then to be a little
enient with feed for the young stock,
s there is no time that so much
an be made from feed as while the
nimals are young.
In feeding for breeding animals or
lst for growth, We should be very
areful to supply food that will make
or plenty of bone and muscle, and
his we get from protein feeds, such
S alfalfa. Do not feed your breed !
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