Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-18
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ana one cannot afford 10 have h'
food going 10 produce heat 10 kee
her warm under adverse condition
A good. warm comfortable stab
should be supplied. The dairy co
Is a factory whichu ses a larg
amount Of rough fee, works It owe
and gives milk, the concentrated PRE-
duct. II then. the animal is SUI
piled with good raw products, larg
amount Of milk can be manufactured
Straw and poor hay cannot max
enough energy to much mere thar
keep up the body heat OF the ami
4 NAL and Of course there would b,
/ no excess from which to make mi k
, Dairy cows should have a liberia
allowance OF good alfalfa, and SHOULD
be fed in connection come graiI
and roots. Ground barley, bran, OF
rolled oats can be used to supply
the grain. The bran is protein
feed and does not balance the al,
fal;a nearly as we'll as the barley
yet Il is liked by the cows and is
generally a part of every dairy ra-
ton. II has been found. however,
that not more than three pounds can
be fed por day with alfalfa with any
degree Of profit.
The dalrymen at Richmond found
that they could bring in corn and
feed II with bran and alfalfa to a
profit. Carloads are purchased ey-
cry year and good results seem to
BIO obtained where the cost is not
over Sl.20 per hundred. II some
roots, gCch as mangels, could be
added to the dairy ration, II would
help materially. as succulents OF this
kind aron coded by the dairy COWS.
Keep the dairy COW comfortable, give
her all that she can eat Of good feed,
and II she is the right kind of an
lmal she will return you very good
profit for your trouble.
In the raising OF horses In the
West, we lose sight quite often of
the fact that colts If allowed 10
run down and get in poor shape new
er make big horses. Size sells on
the market and every hundred
pounds ever fourteen hundred is
generally worth about $500. At
S2j hundred, horse flesh can be
produced by tho farmer at great
profit, Feed the colts well, giving
no draft youngsters some grain, |
such as oats or bran during the win |
ter aud supplying them good pas
tG'o or ange during the summer. If |
,n.o Is doao. you might just as well |
DO ceiling 1900 and 1900 pound hors-
ls at four years old instead of mar
keting the 400 pound kind. In feed
ing your work horses. too much alfaI-
"a is generally fed, for 1t is very
and the horses learn to
gorge themselves on it, About one
md a fourth pounds of hay and
hroofourths to one pound of grain
or every hundred pounds live weight
II your horse win be practically all
hat Is needed. In osme sections
.lfalfa Is not liked as horse feed,
rot In practically all experiments it
las been proven superior, pound
or pound. to timothy. when fed to
work. horses. Oats is the ideal grain
or horses, but bran can be fed to
dvantage. and where bran is cheap
r than oats, one-half OF the grain
alton can be supplied by this. Feed
lost OF your hay at night so that I
he bulky food will be digested be-
ore the horse goes to work. Give
ONE hay in the mornings and but
cry little at noon. s,
Feeding lambs is going tor be ,
rotitable business in the West.
nd alfalfa hay makes a very good {
'ughage for them. Along with 4
lis. wheat oats or barley make S
Dry profitable feeds In expert. '
tents conducted at the Utah Exper- l
nent Station. lambs made the most !
-ofitable gains when half.rations Of
rain were given. that is. only d
bout half as much grain is fed as :,
10 feeders OF the East would use. :,
18th lambs weighing sixty pounds, n
bout third OF a pound OF grain a il
~ seem to give very good results.
ne advantage in sheep feeding is
at the grains do not have to be
'ound and the animals need but Ct
ny little housing. A
The hog business is one which the OF
est is taking up to great extent ,,
ID one which is going to yield big :,
gifts to NEST OF the farmers. Feed. o.
& is the biggest proposition with 9,
IS, as the housing does not cost d,
ry much. Keep the pigs growing n,
feeding such grains as ground n
riley or wheat or shorts. These 10
4 with skim.milk. alfalfa and w
me roots will produce pork at al
ry low price and will allow the -
-mer a very nice profit en- his in 50
stment. Pork can be produced at ne
I'M 3 to cents pound. and II I'M