The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-08-21
LIVE STOCK
Certain Specific Requirements
Must Be Observed.
During Growing Period Animal 3.
qulros More Protein and Less
carhohydrateo-Vaire Of Bal
aneed Ration Explained.

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TO probably feed I've stock certain
specific requirements must be- OBJ
served. Animal growth 81 based upon
science no less exactiDg than the laws
Ia chemistry. ANY radical deviation
Ia either case win 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
viii make that valuable substance.
Animal growth is made by combin.
ing carbohydrates and protein. Il the
proportions are out Of balance the
growth Is impaired, but II the proper
lions 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. II, however, one
substance is given and the other is alb
sent In the feed, the animal viii 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, 1t should have
one part Of protein to four and 10
half or Eve parts Of carbohydrates,
and when fat is desired, the ratio
should be widened to one part protein
to I'VE and one-half or six parts Of
carbohydrates.
Feeds which contain only a 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,
kahr milo dried beet pulp. timothy
hay, redtop hay, Bermuda hay. John
son grass hay, sorghum fodder, kahr
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. GOV pea meal. soybean meal, lin
seed meal, cottonheed meal, soyban
cake meal, dried brewers grains. dried
wheat bran, wheat middlings, rye bran,
rye middlingsa alfalfa hay, clover hay,
cowpea hay, vetch hay, soybean hay,
velvet bean hay, beggar weed hay.
To illustrate the value OF a balanced
ration. or having the right amount Of
protein and carbohydrates I will cite
the following experiments which are
in keeping with many other tests
along the same lines:
In a test where pigs were fed a ra-
ton Of three pounds Of corn they made
a gain Of 46 pounds in 80 days.
Another lot were given az pounds
OF III together with one pound OF
soybean meal and made a gain of 1O1
pounds during the same period.
In other experiments where pigs
were given a quarter ration Of corn
and a soybean pasture they made four
times greater gain than when given a
full ration Of corn alone.
The following results were obtained
from both a balanced and an unbal
anced ration In feeding steers:
Four steers we're fed 1O4 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
a gain OF 624 pounds. In another test
four steers were fed 80 days on corn
and timothy hay and made a gain OF
318 pounds.
II an animal is given any Of the con.
centrates rich in protein and oil OF
the roughages (which are classed aa
carbohydrates) that they win eat, OF
vice versa. the ration will DO fairly
well balanced.