The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-01-04

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sugar beets, etc. As a rule, feeds
ffpln the la<t group should be fed with,
s3;ffis s..ffomi the. first, andR vice versa
~ tbs win .tsd& NJ nskethe proper
tions more nearly and would more ne;r
the needs of the animal.
II "A marrow ration lis sone in. which
the proportion Of protein is large when
compared ito the amount Of carbohyd-
rates and fats, For example, alfalfa
fed aone Would make what It's called
narrow ration. A wide ration is one
in which the proporatisn q, serbohyd-
ratessand fats is large when compared
with the amount Of protein. For ex-
ample, corn alone would make very
wide ration. -
In feeding our young animals, we
find that as the age increases the
pound Of gain increases very much.
The cheaper, gains are made while the
animal is Young and for this reason sue
cess generally comes to the man who
Keeps everything growing from baby
hood up, 1t costs considerable more,
to get an animal back in shape after
it has once lost the youth fat than it
would have done to have kept him
growing. An animal can loose five
or ten times more in one day than
can be put back on in the same time,
and for this reason one days starving
or other poor conditions means great
loss to- the average farmer we can
not expect to have exactly two ami
mails grow where onehas grown be-
fore. but, we ought to get the animals
much larger at, the same age than we
are in the habit Of doing in this sec
ton. Remember always then to be
little lienent with feed for the young
stock, as there is no time that so
much can be made from feed, as while
the animals are young.
In feeding for breeding animals or
just for growth, we should be very
careful to supply food that will make
TOR plenty Of bone and muscle, and thi
we get from our protein feeds, such
as alfalfa. Do not feed your breeding
animals too much, especially of a con-
central fattening. feed, but give them
enought to, keep them in good healthy
condition. This does not mean skin
poor, the condition that we find so
many 'of our western animals in, but
means that they are in such shape
that all of the functions of the body
are working in normal condition. In
feeding for market,the fattening foods
can be used to greater extent, and
one does not have to be so careful
about the proportion of muscle and
BODYBUILDING material. The West has
habit of sending their animals to the
markets in just half fat condition. and
as such they are always sold at re-
duced prices. If more, care would be
taken to have everything in good shap
greater profits cculdbe realized with
practically all of our livestock. Hors.
es, for instance, are often sold when
in thin condition and the buyers feed
ing them few dollars worth Of grain
add from $500 to $4,000 to their val
ue. This could be done just as well
by the farmer himself, thus realizing
a good deal better profit for his i've
stock. ~
In feeding beef cattle in the West,
we need but little in the way OF barns,
though an open shed has some advan.
tages. as it keeps out the wet and
excessive cold. With alfalfa hay, we
have found that but very little grain
is necessary in order to make good
grains with beef steers. In expert.
ments conducted at ths' Utah Staten
gains Of nearly two pounds a day were
secured on an average OF about four
pounds OF grain when fed with alf$Ma
At $500 ton for alfalfa and about
1 $1,000 for the grain. fairly cheap gains
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chased and sold in a good way, profit
could be made from this business. wild
hay is also good feed for beef cattle
especially If some grain can be fen in
conjunction. In some sections, how
ever. notably along the Bear river
profitable feeding is carried On every
winter with hay alone. The cheapest
gains ever reported in feeding wheat
for beef were made in the West wher
alfalfa and beet pulp were useds Il
the farmer can get hold of the bee
pulp and feed it with good hay,f he
would find remarkable good gains car
! be made and at good profit. fOns
thing we should get over in dlr west
!, ern beef business is feeding our steers
until they are three and four years ok
as the profits are generally much larg
er when the animals are sold at younf