Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-04-13
FEED LOTS ARE PROFITABLE.
No Pla:e on Farms Where Gains Can
Be Eaten UP Quicker.

making it paatable They require
light, sandy soil and with little cult
walton produce large crops.
Lnseed meal in small quantities
once or twice week keeps horses in
fine condition.
asst winter we saw bunch OF IS
steers being fed on farm near
Aurora. H. These cattle stood in a
large lot on the side OF hill in mud
Up to their knees. The barn and all
It's surroundings were as filthy as
could be imagined and we were not
surprised when the owner, looking
gloomily over his cattle, remarked: 81
never seemed to hit off steer feeding
TO any great advantage"
Heavily timbered land does not
make good feeding ground for cattle
because the sun cannot dry out the
ground as quickly as an open lot.
The best feeding shed for cattle is
one that is wind tight on the north,
east and west and entirely open on
the south.
OF course a paved feed lot is an
expensive proposition at the start. but
we believe that on reasonable cost
the profit will more than justify the
expense. Even il a man cannot al
ford to pave his feed lot he can drain
ii with thing and by the addition OF
gravel and small, smooth stones i'm
prove its condition at very small cost.
Oats make an ideal feed Tor the lamb
during the winter but he needs about
only pound day to keep in fine
condition In addition he must have
clover hay or alfalfa or corn fodder
and turnips and other roots at least
three times a week
\ very handy wheelbarrow for the
feed lot can be made OF either wood
or iron. The frame should be very
strong. but no heavy. Iron makes a
strong frame and very light 1t can
be made in four sections and bolted
together The iron hoop should be
made OF one eighth inch iron and Is
Of size to admit common -four
barrel up To the second row OF hoops
The barrel can easily be put in and
taken out The wheel should be made
OF wood with a very broad tire, not
less than three inches. and four inches
would be better II the frame Is made
OF iron. the handles can be made OF
wood and boltcd on. Wood is better
for this purpose.
Do you know that some OF the
smaller packing houses which cater
to frst-class trade at home and abroad
will not buy Swill-fed hogs at any
cost? They want animals that are
fed on clean corn, ronghage, roots and
water.
We do not think much OF the skim
milk that comes from the creameries
for feeding hogs In many of these
creamerics. washing powders are used
for cleaning the machinery, and this
is very injurious to hogs.
Skim milk that is separated on the
farm cannot be beaten for feeding
pigs, calves and poultry. 1t is shame
10 allow a single gallon OF it to es-
cape.
An Illinois farmer writes to know
ii unthreshcd wheat is good feed Tor
hogs. We think not II wheat is to
be fed at all. better thresh and either
soak or boil it. But we do not be
hcve that wheat was ever intended Tor
hog feed.
Cattle that are allowed to run on
green beet crops often scour so badly
that they are set back from two to
four weeks They do not like the
dried and cured crops so well, but will
eat them if forced to and they make
a fairly good ration
English feeders raise large quaint
ties of turnips, mangles and other
roots In the fall they dig enough for
the cattle and leave scattered through
out the field enough to keep the sheep
busy for weeks. Some feeders allow
the sheep to dig them out OF the
ground while others dig them for
them The latter plan is the best
Many cattle feeders who do not be
lieve that silage is good feed Will
continue to stuff their animals with
corn fodder or timothy hay. IT these
men would take the pains to conduct
careful experiment they would
quickly discover that silage even as
food would beat corn fodder.
Stage fed alone is not ideal Tor tat
tening steers 1t contains large ex-
cess OF carbohydrates and some
nitrogen must be put into the feed to