Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-03-13

TO enrich the land liaA from the legu-
mlnous crops clover. lupines. alfalfa.
cowueH. etc. contains about twice the
quantity of digestible protein that hay
! from the grasses does. The seeds OF
these plants (cowpea. soy bean. etc.
are exceedingly rich in protein aud Gun
take the place of expensive CONNER.
| cial feeds. BY growing ana feeding
more leguminous crops the amount of
grain required is diminished. the value
of the manure Is Increased. and the soil
is enriched In fertility.
The byproducts resulting from the
! manufacture of -four. glucose. starch.
cottonseed oil. linseed oil. fermented
! liquors, etc. are extensively used for
| feeding purposes and include many of
the richest and most priced feeding
stutfs Hominy chop, meal and feed
result from the manufacture of hominy
and contain the gum and coarser por-
tons of the corn
The establishment of beet sugar fac.
tories In this country has led to the
production of immense quantities of
sugar beet pulp as waste material.
| Professor Thomas Shaw expresses his
belief that sugar beet pulp can be fed
more advantngeously to cattle and
sheep that are being fattened than to
dairy cows. The New York Cornell
experiment station. however. found
that this material gave good results
with milk cows. In practice about ten
pounds of pulp per day are fed to sheep
and fifty to seventy-fve pounds to cat.
tie. The amount In the latter case.
however. is said to depend on the cat
tie, and more may be given up to 100
pounds If they will eat It, The pulp
Is believed to effect considerable saw
ing in the amount of grain required for
fattening
Sugar beet pulp can be successfully
preserved in silos and makes very
fair quality of sllage. 1t is rellshed by
cattle, even the slightly spoiled por-
lions not being distasteful TO them.
AS the sugar beet crop is an exhaustive
one and the fertility of the soil can be
maintained by feeding the pulp II be-
comes quite an important matter that
farmers growing sugar beets should
combine with 1t the feeding of the pulp
where practicable.
Molasses Is another product of the
beet sugar manufacture which nc
cumulates In large quantities. In Eu.
rope 1t has been found to possess con
siderable value for feeding. For this
purpose 1t has been mixed with peat,
dried blood, beet pulp or with n mix
| A..... 80 hrn
and palm nut meal in order that II
might be more conveniently handled
The effect of drying hay Is not TO
lessen its digestibility, MS is often be-
lieved. Hay stored for a long time,
even when kept dry and not allowed to
heat. appears 10 lose part of its val
ue as food.
Experiments abroad have indicated
that cooking or steaming coarse or un'
palatable food was advantageous. not
6n account OF making the food more
nutritious, but In inducing the animals
to eat larger quantities of II In ten
trials made by experiment stations
there has not only been no gain from
cooking, but there has been positive
loss.
The Mississippi station concludes
from three years work that 1.-THE milk
and butter from cows fed on steamed
cottonseed cost less than that from
cows fed on raw cottonseed and but
little more than one-half as much ms
that from cows fed on cottonseed meal
The butter from steamed cottonseed Is
superior in quality to that from either
raw seed or cottonseed meal" The
Texas station finds 1t advantageous to
boil cottonseed for steers.
Experiments show that II will pay tc
soak corn for steers If it can be done
for cents bushel. Soaking wheat
for pigs is quite generally recon-
mended.
The Maine station compared the
! value of chopped and unchopped hay
) for cows and found no evidence that
the chopping had any effect The In
diana station found that steers made
! better gains on cut than on uncut
! clover hay. Cutting corn stover was
found advantageous at the Wisconsin,
? station.
|
, of succulent feed nearly the whole
year round, to keep up the appetite
and the general condition of the AMI
} mails, has become quite general. Ii
Europe roots are largely grown for this
purpose. In this country roots arr
not grown to any great extent In com
| parison with corn, which furnishes t
/ larger and cheaper supply of food ma
/ terial from given area than any othe
) crop. silage proves more acceptable
to stock than dry fodder, and they VII
, consume larger amount of dry matte
Q In that form. 1t is found adapted Il
; nearly all kinds Of farm animals, In
I Guiding horses, sheep and pigs
: Selling means the feeding Of farm
animals more or less confined on greer
r forage fresh from the fields. Partia
8 selling is much more common, being
) relied upon to carry the animals ovel
< Il period when pastures are short, Tit
I Wisconsin station found that one acre
OF soiling crops was equals to abou
D two and one-half acres of good blu'
grass pasture for feeding dairy COWS
md tho Connecticut StOrrs station