Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-12-27
EXPERIMENTING ON FEEDING
CATTLE.
Tests Being Made With Different
Foods for Fattening.

Scientific cattle feeding experiments
which are expected to prove of the
greatest significance and of practical
value to ranchers throughout the
State, are being conduncted on the
Riverside ranch, mile south of Love
lock, by the Western Meat Company,
says the Review Miner
P. D. Broner, who is in charge of
the compahy's local cattle business
and Tom Fallon, buyer for the COM
pany in Nevada. are in general charge
of the experiments while an agricul-
tural expert from California, J. V.
Short, is keeping the records. Mr.
Short graduated from the University
of California agricultural college in
June, 1913, and was assigned to cattle
feeding experiments work here after
permission of the California expert
ment station.
six different rations in connection with
alfalfa hay. Grain and beet pulp are
being shipped in long distances to
carry on the tests.
Lot |, including pa steers, has been
November and has gained about 100
that time This lot consisted of the
tail end" steers of bunch from
north of Winnemucca, and the top
steers are being fed hay alone at the
Pitt ranch. The tail enders have now
surpassed the top steers. 1t costs
about % cents a dav for their feed,
however, as against Is cents day
for feeding hay alone. They get 8
H. 1f -
falfa hav a day and are easily the best
of the steers under the test feeding.
Although the corn comes high, it
may prove to be cheapest because
the gains are rapid; also l04 hogs are
being grown and fattened on the corn
which the steers do not digest. Even
though the corn feeding should prove
to be more expensive than warranted
by the gains made, it is considered val
liable as means of putting animals
which would not fatten on hay alone
into prime condition. Corn costs about
S182 per 100 pounds laid down in
Lovelock 1t is the first instance on
record in the west in which hogs have
been fed after steers.
Lot 2. including about the same
number of steers originally from
Texas. is not as choice lot of ami
mails. but the steers are doing we'll on
8 pounds of beet pulp and Is pounds
of chopped alfalfa a day This lot has
had no sickness whatever while one or
two steers have been lost in each of
the other lots.
Lot 3. also Texas stock, has been
fed on "suremilk" and hay "Suremilk"
is mixed feed of mill sweepings.
1t analyzes well but mechanical diff
culties in feeding it owing to its fine
ness. have been experienced, and its
use is being discontinued 1t is thought
by Mr.. Short that half beet pulp and
half "suremilk' might give better
gains for each lot of steers. The beet
steers. however, are doing we'll, being
next to the corn fed stock in appear
ance at this time.
Other feed lots are being fed on bar
ley and chopped hay; beet pulp and
long hay, and e pounds of barley and
2 pounds of cracked cotton seed meal
cake with chopped hay
1t is the intention of the Western
Meat Company. which feeds grain to
all its sheep in feed lots, to start an
experiment with 1000 lambs at the
Reservation ranch soon. Two lots of
steers are also to be put under test at
the Peter Anker ranch. where they
will be barley and Tong hay
Prof Gordon H. True, formerly
head of the University of Nevada ag-
ricutural college and now professor Of
animal husbandry at the University of
California, was instrumental in hav-
inc the feeding tests started at Love
lock He secured permission to send
California man here. however, be-
fore concluding the arrangements.