Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-03-15
THE BEST WAY IN WHICH
TO USE WESTERN FEEDS
By John T. Caine, III, Utah Agri-
cultural College.

Oregon Short Line Railroad, De-
cember, 1911, Demonstration Train.
The permanency Of any system
Of agriculture and the ultimate
profit derived from it are depend
ent to great extent on the mar
ketine of the crop. Where every
thing is sold and nothing returned
to the sell farms soon run down
and the farmer does not reap the
largest profit, the middle men GET
ting the lions share The farm
should be run like any other manu-
featuring plant where the raw ma
terials are worked over and mar
keted only as finished products.
We Of the west have an idea
that other sections being more IA
vored can do the feeding cheaper
and better than we can. If, how
ever, we look closely into this
subject. we find that the West has
many advantages over 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
production of horses. The rug
gedness which most of our western
livestock have. is due to the noun
tain conditions and to their healthy
out-Of-dOOr life The West is we'll
supplied with feed, as we have al
falfa. the best hay in the world.
grown here to perfection. With
this hay good results can be OBJ
tanned in feeding nearly any class
of livestock, though OF course with
some grain is necessary and with
all it gives much better results. |
Timothy and wild hay are good
feeds. especially if procured from
our high mountain valleys and are
much wanted for feeding horses.
Corn fodder can be grown to ad- !
vantage nearly everywhere and |
makes a good addition TO the |
rOughage of most any ration The /
western grains are all superior and 1
wheat and its by-products can be |
used to good advantage here. Bar
ley and oats are especially useful 4
in feeding horses. dairy cows and /
beef. Roots. though very little 4
used as yet, can be grown in great
abundance in this section and make
valuable addition to most rations.
The great production secured with
roots in the West makes US able to
use this feed instead of the sueeu-
lent silage of the East. With this
group of feeds and the price at
which they can be secured under
average western conditions. there
is no reason why feeding cannot
be carried on successfully.
In order to get this feeding prob
lem before you in the best manner, I
it will be necessary to go into the /
practical side of nutrition to a
slight extent. The chemist ar
ranges the substances found in
plants that are useful to the ami
mails into several groups. of these,
protein. carbohydrates, and the fats
are the ones which concern Us the (
most. Protein might be described
as material of the nature of mus
Gle, the white of an egg is a very
good example. These substances
are used in the body for the build
ing of muscle. bone and for ma
king milk. The carbohydrates. are
starch or sugar. through in the
plant crude fibre and other mater
Ials are also included. This group
IS used III the animal body for
he production of energy fat. Fats
are used for the production Of
energy and fat but are very much
more valuable pound for pound
.taa he carbohydrates. A certain
of each of these Is
needed every day to keep up the
work OF the animal body. When
hose constituents or foods are
gwen in gust the right proportion
o supply every want OF the ami
nal. We have what is known as a
balanced ration BY ration We
mean the amount of feed required :
or an animal for one day. SO bali
need ration means the correct pro
portion OF feed iGr given animal .
o supply all his body wants for .
4 hours. For instance. the dairy
ow producing 20 pounds of milk :
equires about t-2 pounds OF dl-
Iesiibie protein, 10 pounds of d. q
,estible carbohydrates. and 5-t0 OF 2
pound of fat for each day. This u
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