Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27
EXPERIMENTS BEGUN
TO LEARN MERIT OF
VARIOUS PRovENDER
Kansas Experts Testing Results
by Feeding Ensilage
to Calves.
ARMER TO SEE BEASTS
Corn, Cane, kafir, Wheatstraw, Cot.
tonseed and Linseed Meal on
Menu-Continue Work
Next Year.
FARMERS TO SEE BEASTS

one of the most important eNperi-
ments ever conducted in Kansas lust
has been started at the Kansas agri-
cultural college. 1t is to determine the
best ensilage n other feeds available
TOT Kansas cattle men. There are 1O2
hereford heifer calves in the test to
prove to the world the relative value
OF the various kinds Of silage and OF
the concentrated supplements of Silage.
~ons and linseed meals.
TWO ago the college conducted
a long series of experiments for the
government to determine the best feeds
Tor cavalry horses under the peculiar
conditions surrounding army work. The
results of the tests caused a complete
Encouragement of the feeds for the
cavalry animals in the army in Ameri-
ca and some changes in the feeds of
other animals. The college found the
ration which kept the horses in the
best condition, gave them the most
energy and was the cheapest.
Will Continue Tests.
The experiments now under way will
prove only one feature Of the value Of
sllage. The calves in the herd are all
growing and breeding animals and the
tests will show What ilage is the best
Tor this sort of animal. Next winter
the college proposes to make similar
tests fattening animals and stocking
them through the winter. The tests
ais will be made to determine the
best silage for milch COWS.
n 102 calves are all practically the
same grade. 1t would be hard to tell
the calves apart inc only the most
critical expert would be able to pick
They are all good, above the average
calves. the ones that almost any farm
er would pick from his herd an the
ones to be used for breeding purposes.
h calves are divided into six Diff
ferent lots of II each.
Here's Menu for Calves.
Here is what each lot Of calves will
have to eat:
Per No. 1-Kaf1r single, wheat straw.
and one pound of linseed meal for each
calf each day.
Pen No. 2-Kafir silage, wheat straw.
and same amount of linseed meal.
Pen No. S-Cane silage, wheat straw,
and sAme amount of linseed meal.
Pen No. 4ECane silage, wheat straw,
and ~cottonseed meal.
Pen Nc. 5-Cane silage, Wheat straw
and cold pressed ~cottonseed meal.
Pen No. 6-Cane silage, wheat straw,
and alfalfa hay.
The silage and wheat straw are to
be fed according to the appetites, there
being all the silage and hay in each lot
that the animals will eat The cotton
e and linseed meals will be fed one
pound for each animal daily. In the
one lot which is to be fed alfalfa hay
instead of meal, each animal is to have
as much hay as there is nutritive mat
ter is q pound of linseed or ~cottonseed
meal. n this may vary with the field
from which III alfalfa is taken.
Weather CurtaiIs Silaqe.
In the first three pens there is the
testing of the three most common
classes of silage to be found in Kansas
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth will
determine the value of the different
meals and of alfalfa. which is known
AS q concentrated feed. Because of
the dry weather last summer there is
little grain in any silage in Kansas so
each of the animals will be given one
pound of corn chop daily. This part OF
tho ration being constant for all the
animals. will not affect the test in AM
particular.
Just before it is time to turn the
heifers out to the grass pastures We
will hold an institute for the cattle
breeders of the state to show them the
results of the test said w. A. Cochel,
head of the animal husbandry depart
ment at the college. ''This experiment
is particularly Interesting to the far
mers VINO raise cattle for breeding"