The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-08-08
DRY-FARM LIVE STOCK
Certain Specific Requirements
Must Be Observed.
During Growing Period Animal Re
aulres More Protein and Lees
carbohydrates-Valu Of Bal
aneSd Ration Explained.

By DR " r. TAYLOR in Dry Farm
lusJ
TO prohtably tn,d live stock certain
specific require NE ''s must b" %
served Animal growth ID based upon
science no less o&actiug than th" laws
In chemistry Any radical deviation
In either case will defeat the object
We are attempting TO attain. In chem
istry We know thai by combining two
volumes Of hydrogen with one OF Oh
yEen. We obtain water, and no other
combination OF those two elements
will make that valuable substance
Animal growt' is mad" boy combin
ing carbohydrates ana protein II the
proportions are out OF balance the
growth liz impaired but Il the proper
lions are 10 accordance With the laws
Of growth the best possible results
viii be- obtained Carbohydrates pro
vide energy, heat and rat Protein
makos the growth n. however, L
substance Is given and the other is eb
sent iu ia" feed. the animal will per.
lsh. During III" growing period the
animal naturally requires WOre pro.
tein and lesE carbohydrates, and dur
ing the f%attrning period more Of the
carbohydrates should be- given When
'he animal ia growing IL should have
one part ~ proteig 20 tou and n
half or FIVE parts of carbohydrates.
aud when fat Is desired the ratio
should be- U.deuod TO M part protein
10 five and n half Ut six parts Of
caribou drutcs
Feeds which contain only a fair
amount OF protein but are rich Is car.
bohydrates, are corn. corn and cob
meal homiuy feed, oats. barley meal.
emmcr meal, rye meal rice meal,
kaiir milo dried beet rulp. timothy
hay, redSOp hay, Bermuda hay. john
son grass hay. sorghum fodder kahr
fodder, Hungarian grass milleI hay,
milo fodder, corn fodder, corn silage,
roots
Feeds containing q fair quantity Of
carbohydrates, bu, rich iu protein,
are gluten meal. gluten feed Held pea
meal, COW pea meal suyhean meal, liz.
seed meal, c~ottonsr,d meal, soyhan
cake meal, dried brewers grains dried
wheat bran wheat midd,iugs v,u bran,
rye middlings. alfalfa hay. clover hay.
coWpea hay. yetch hay. SOY bean hay,
velvet bsan hay bcggar weed hay
To illustrate the value Of q balanced
ration. or having the right amount OF
protein and carbon, dratos viii cite
the following experiments which are
IN keeping with many other tests
along the same lines
IN q test who're pigs were fed a ra
= ton OF three pounds a. corn they made
a gain OF 46 pound lu So days
s Another lot Mere given ~ pounds
OF corn together with one pound OF
, soybcau meal and mad" a gain OF 10,
, pounds during the SAM" period
In other experiments where pigs
: were given q quarter ration ~ corr
and a soybean pasture they made toul
times greater gain than when given (
y full ration OF corr alone
e The following results were obrainec
from both a balanced and an unbai
h Anced ration IN feeding steers
-Four steers were fed lU4 days OF
corn and timothy hay and made
gain OF go pounds Another buuCl
y OF four steers were Fed corn and COW
= pea hay for the same period and made
a gain OF 624 pounds Co. another ties
@ four steers were Ted ~ days on corr
e aud timothy hay AVID made "a gain o
. 3lS pounds Another bunch OF fouI
steers fed on corn and clover Ina!
made "A gain Of go pounds and still
- another bunch q, four steers fed on
u corn and millet hay made a gain o
only llH pounds lu this test wher
corn and timothy hay corn aud mile
were given. the gain was very it'll
because the feeds were out OF balance
or In other words they contained TO,
much carbohydrates and not ouougI
a protein Where cowpoa hay and cloy
er hay was given with corn, the gal
was very marked. due entirely to IN
fact that COW pea hay aud clover Ia
are rich In protein aud when con
bined with the corn make Il balance
ration.
J., II an animal Is given any OF the COT
c"ntrates rich IN protein and all q
the r~ouRhRgss (which are classed a
carbohydrates that they will eat, o
vice versa, the ration will be tRirl
we'll balanced.