The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-01-26


extent on the marketing OF the crop
Where everything II sold and nothing
returned TO the soil. farms soon run
down and the farmer does not reap
the largest profit. the middle men get
ting the lions share. The farm should
he run like any other manufacturing
plant where the raw materials are
worked over aud marketed only as fin.
lshod products.
We OF the west have an idea that
other sections being more favored can
do the feeding cheaper and better.
than We can. II, however we look
closely into this subject, we find that
the west has many advantages over
nearly 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 pro
duction OF horses. The ruggedncss
which most OF our western livestock
have. In duo to the mountain condi.
lions and to their healthy. out-of door
life. The west Ii we'll supplied with
feed. az we have alfalfa--thc best hay
/ In tho world-grown hero TO pcrfcc
ton. with this hay good results can
DO obtained IN feeding nearly any
class Of livestock, though OF course
with some grain Ia necessary and with
all II gives much better results. Tim
othy and wild hay are good feeds, cs.
pcclally II procured from our high
mountain valleys. and are much want.
ed for feeding horses. Corn fodder can
be grown TO advantage nearly every.
where. and makes line addition to
the roughagc Of most any ration. The
western grains are all superior and
wheat and It's by.products can be used
to good advantage here. Barley and
oats are especially useful In feeding
horses. dairy cows and beef Roots,
though very little used us yet, can be
sf6wn I'm great abundance In this sec.
ton and make a valuable addition to
most ratlons. The great production
secured With roots In the west makoa
as able to use this feed instead OF tho
succulcnt silngc OF the Gust With
this group VI feeds and the price at
which thcy ,an be secured under aver
age western conditions. there Is no
rslson why feeding cannot be carried
out successfully,
In order to get this feeding prob
lem before you In the best manner, 4
will be necessary to 20 into the prac
teal side of nutrition to slight cN
tent The chemist arranges the sui
stances found In plants that are use
full TO the animals into severa
groups. OF these. protein. carbohy
drates. and fats are the ones whicl
, concern us most Protein might b.
. described as material OF the natur
p OF musclc-thc white OF an egg Is
very good example. These substance
are used In the body for the build
Ing OF muscle, bone. and for maxim
milk The carbohydrates are bes
described as materials like starch o
sugar, though In the plant crude fibr
and other materials are also inclut
ed This group Is used in the an
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ergy and fat. Fats are used for IN
production OF energy and fat but ar
, very much more valuable pound 10
pound than the carbohydrates. A ce
/, tain proportion OF each OF these
needed every day 10 keep up IN
work OF the animal body. whe
these constituents or foods are give
, In Just the right proportion to suppl
, every want of the animal, we hay
/, what Is known as q balanced ratioi
, by ration we mean the amount {
, feed required for an animal for On
day. SO balanced ration meas III
: correct proportion OF feed for
/, given animal TO supply all his bod
I wants for twenty.four hours. For Il
s1snce, the dairy COW producin
twenty pounds of milk requires abol
two and half pounds OF digestibl
protein, thirteen pounds OF dige
tible carbohydrates. and Hve,tentf
OF pound OF fat for each day. Tn
would be applied approximately /
feeding twenty-five pounds Of alfall
with a few pounds OF grain. by n
digostible material in the feed "
mean the amount that can be MS,
by the animal. as there is conside
able that cannot be digestcd and a
simulated, and 10 Is OF no use, II
proportion OF feeds used differs
course with the age. breed and tyI
of animal. so no definite aud bindir
law can be laid down as TO amour
10 be fed to all, II IL not necessai
| that you always figure out each r
tlcn in this exact manner, but v
should know In practical way VIII
the feeds contain II we feed AL O
falfa, there Is an excess Of proioi
which Is waste TO some extent, bl
II we add some corn the feeds bi
ance, as corn is rich In carbohydrat,
and poor In protein. II we feed ba
| ley alone, the proportion OF fat az