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

to be so careful about the proportion
OF muscle and bone building material
The west has a habit of sending their
animals to the markets III Just halt fat
condition. and as such they are always
sold at reduced prices If more care
would be taken to have everything IN
good shape, greater profits could be
realized with practically all of our
livestock. Horses, for instance, are
often sold when in thin condition and
the buyers feeding them Il few dol
lars worth of grain add from $3.50
to $1,000 in their value. This could
be done just as well by the farmer
himself, thus realizing a good deal
better profit for his livestock.
In feeding beef cattle in the west,
we need but little in the way of barns,
though an open she'd has some advan-
tages, as it keeps out the wet and eX
cessive cold. With alfalfa hay, we
have found that but very little grain
, is necessary i'll order to make good
gains with beef steers. In expert
| ments conducted at the Utah station,
gains OF nearly two pounds a day were
| secured on an average OF about tour
pounds of grain when fed with alfalfa
| At $500 ton for the alfalfa and about
| $500 for the grain, fairly cheap gains
| were made, and if animals were pur-
! chased and sold III good way, proht
| 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 sec
| tons, however, notably along the
| Bear river, profitable feeding is carried
on every winter with hay alone. The
cheapest gains ever reported i'll iced
| ing wheat for beef were made in the
west when alfalfa and beet pulp were
used. If the farmer can get hold OF
| beet pulp and feed it with good hav,
he would find remarkable good gains
| can be made at good profit. One
thing we should get over in our west
ern beef business is feeding our steers
| until they are three and four years old,
as the profits are generally much larg-
| er when the animals are sold at young
er ages.
In feeding the dairy COW, we have
quite different proposition, as the
dairy animal has no layer Of fat Ike
the beef animal to keep her warm.
For this reason, good barns should
be supplied wherever dairy cows are
to be kept. A dairy animal does more
work than practically any other ami
NAL on the farm and one cannot afford
to have her food going to produce
heat to keep her warm under adverse
conditions. A good, warm comforta-
bic stable should be supplied. The
dairy COW is a factory which uses a
large amount of rough feed, works it
over, and gives milk, the concentrated
product. If then, the animal is sup
Piled with good raw products, large
amount of milk can be manufactured
Straw and poor hay cannot make
enough energy to much more than
keep up the body heat of the animal
and of course there would be no c:t-
cess from which to make milk. Dairy
COWS should have liberal allowance
of good alfalfa, and should be fed NJ
connection some grain and roots.
Ground 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 well as
the barley, yet it is liked by the cows
and is generally part of every dairy
ration. 1t has been found, however
that not more than three pounds can
be fed per day with alfalfa with any
degree of profit.
| The darymen at Richmond found
that they could bring in corn and feed
it with bran and alfalfa to a profit
Carloads are purchased every year and
good results seem to be obtained
where the cost is not over $l.20 per
hundred. If some roots, such as man
gels, could be added to the dairy ra-
ton, it would help materially, as sue
culents of this kind are needed by the
dairy cows. Keep the dairy cow com