The Idaho Republican., 1913-09-12
DRY.FARM LIVE STOCK
Certain Specific Requirements
Must Be Observed.
During Growing Period Animal Re
qulres More Protein and Less
Carbohydrates--vaIu Of Bal
anced Ration Explained.

anced Ration Explained.
(By DIR. W. e. TAYLOR, in Dry Farm
ing)
! To profltably feed live stock certain
specific requirements must be OBJ
served. Animal growth isp based upon
science no less exacting than the laws
in chemistry. Any radical deviation
In either case will defeat the object
we are attempting to attain. In chem
istry we know that by combining two
volumes of hydrogen with one of OK
ygen, we obtain water, and no other
combination Of those two elements
will make that valuable substance.
Animal growth is made by combin-
ing carbohydrates and protein. II the
proportions are out of balance the
growth is impaired, but If the proper
tions are in accordance with the laws
of growth, the best possible results
will be obtained Carbohydrates pro-
vide energy, heat and fat Protein
makes the growth If, however, one
substance is given and the other Is alb
sent in the feed, the animal will per.
ish. During the growing period the
animal naturally requires more pro-
tein and less carbohydrates, and dur
ing the fattening period more of the
, carbohydrates should be given. When
the animal is growing, it should have
one part of protein to four and one
half or five parts of carbohydrates,
and when fat Is desired, the ratio
should be widened to one part protein
to five and one-half or six parts of
carbohydrates.
Feeds which contain only fair
amount of protein, but are rich is car
bohydrates, are corn, corn and cob
meal, hominy feed, oats, barley meal,
emmer meal, rye meal, rice meal,
kafir milo dried beet pulp, timothy
hay, redtop hay, Bermuda hay, John
son grass hay, sorghum fodder kafir
fodder, Hungarian grass, millet hay,
milo fodder, corn fodder, corn silage,
roots.
Feeds containing a fair quantity Of
carbohydrates, but rich In protein,
are gluten meal, gluten feed, field pea
meal, cow pea meal, soybean meal lin
seed meal, cottonseed meal, soyban
cake meal, dried brewers grains, dried
wheat bran, wheat middlings, rye bran,
rye middlings, alfalfa hay, clover hay,
cowpea hay, vetch hay, soybean hay,
velvet bean hay, beggar weed hay.
To illustrate the value of balanced
ration, or having the right amount Of
protein and carbohydrates will cite
the following experiments which are
in keeping with many other tests
along the same lines:
In test where pigs were fed ra-
tion of three pounds Of corn they made
a gain of 46 pounds in 80 days.
Another lot were given 21a pounds
of corn together with one pound Of
soybean meal and made gain of 101
pounds during the same period
In other experiments where pigs
were given quarter ration of corn
and soybean pasture they made four
times greater gain than when given
full ration of corn alone.
The following results were obtained
from both balanced and an unbal
anced ration in feeding steers:
Four steers were fed 104 days on
corn and timothy hay and made a
gain of 260 pounds. Another bunch
of four steers were fed corn and COW.
pea hay for the same period and made
gain Of 624 pounds. In another test
four steers were fed so days on corn
and timothy hay and made gain OF
818 pounds. Another bunch of four
steers fed on corn and clover hay
made gain of $40 pounds and still
another bunch of four steers fed on
corn and millet hay made a gain of
only 119 pounds. In this test where
corn and timothy hay, corn and millet
were given, the gain was very little
because the feeds were out Of balance,
or In other words they contained too
much carbohydrates and not enough
protein. Where cowpea hay and clov.
er hay was given with corn, the gain
was very marked, due entirely to the
fact that cowpea hay and clover hay
are rich In protein and when com.
bined with the corn make balanced
ration.
II an animal is given any of the con-
centrates rich in protein and all OF
the roughages (Which are classed as
carbohydrates) that they will eat, or
vice versa, the ration will be fairly
well balanced.