Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-24
.EyP[R1T0 SUPERVISE
FEEDING OF ENs|LAG[

An expef rom the United STATES
/ Department ~ Agriculture VIII DE
sent 10 the Panhandle this fall. TO
suparintend s1 detrimental feeding of
cattle with ,lsilage. His operations
vii cover pnctically the entire Pan
handle couurJ and the profits 10
accrue from such supervision may
only be measlred by the number Of
.tockmen wiz accept expert instruc'
lion. and the lumber OF cattle which
undergo the est
Announceuent TO this effect was
rocelyed yesterday by Commissioner
OF Agricultur Cobb OF the Chamber
OF Commerce rom II. NJ Cotterell
agricultural demonstrator for the
Rock Island Dstem. Mr.. Cotterell.
receiyed assuahce from the govern
ment that III desired expert would
be- Furnished luring a recent visit TO
Washington.
ia his lettsr announcing the re
suit. Mr.. Coitrtll writes:
The only init there will be 10
the territory 70 be covered by these
cooperative elperiments will be the
limit that an expert can cover ]
would like to sss every county In the
Panhandle joi' In this test.
The centra feeding experiment at
Amarillo will ave TO be under the
Immediate control OF the experts. at
lam other place the expert can go 10
! the ranches. advises the men In re-
gard TO feeding and then visit each
feed ward once or twice month.
The numbr OF cattle Is nj the
option Of each nan feeding. and may
run from five % one thousand head.
I The time required will be just what
ever length OF time Is needed to III
/ the cattle for market. II sounds
mighty good 70 me that you can get
two hundred cad In one feeding
trial close 10 AMARILLO
Wherever Iractical the govern
I illFUi WHINE W hhN' h'rn A'h w"
tho cattle"
THE experimental feeding will be
made Jointly under direction OF the
office of experiment stations and the
Bureau Of Animal Industry Of the
Department OF agriculture. The eX-
pert will supervise feeding OF kafir
silage 10 beef calves. heifers and
steers, and the fattening OF the sill
age fed stock With the aid Of milo
and sorghum fodder.
One Of the lirgest herds to be
fed under government instruction
win be that Of n C. Lemaster, near
Amarillo. numbering 200 head. The
feeding trial VIII be made this fall,
according 10 announcement. Ono
third OF the finished cattle Will be
shipped to Kansas city, one third to
Oklahoma city ana the other third 70
Fort Worth. for Inc purpose of max
ing slaughter test In comparison
with cattle fed on grass and cotton
seed meal
Several other catiIcmon have ex'
pressed desire To feed ensilage this
fall and winter. Partial arrangements
have already been made for feeding
trials at Uchiltree. nalhar, Dftha
and Washburn. In the vicinity o
Amarillo several feeding tests vii
be made
According TO Secretary Hazard o
the Potter County Farmers Institute
there Is IN time 90 plant kafir TO
silage this year, but sowing shoul'
, be- made very soon. otherwise It vii
= be necessary in some instances TO
5 cattlemont to buy kafir for silag
from outside ranchmen and farmers
, Very 'pw cattlemen in the Panhan
! die have ever fed silage To thei
p stock hui the worth Of such feedin
- has become generally recognized am
D this offer ~ the government to sem
+ an expcrt 10 this section To superyis
81 feeding viii give any one desiring 4
O. test the mcthod an opportunity TO be
a gin right
All farmers or ranchmen who de
sire 90 enter part or all OF their cat
s tie iu This series OF experiment
should commuuicate with the Anna
rillo Chamber OF Commerce. address
V ing Arricultural Commissioner Cobb
n Tho loreging Is In the nature Of
- preliminary announcement. but turth
Il or details will be forthcoming at al
A early late. II Is expected that u
p VI oourell. agricultural demonsira
d. tor ..r he Rock Island. will be- q
Amarillo on July II. at which tim
"a mH.r statement OF conditions gov
errIur hese tests will be- made pub
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