The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-11-09
WHAT AND HOW TO
FEED ECONOMICALLY
Cheap Feed Should Be Fed To Breed
Ing Herd. and Higher Priced Feeds
To Calves and Yearlinas.
ny Louis Sawyer, Livestock Special
lat Fwfenetop Division IL of A

ny Louis Sawyer, Livestock Special
list Extension Division, u. of A.
What and how to feed most econom-
tealiy are the questions confronting
tAe owner Of livestock in Arkansas
right now In answering these ques-
etens II may be said that straw, corn
ssovsr. corn silsgs and other rough
fssds should make up the bulk of the
winter ration for the grade breeding
kerd. The cheap feeds should be fed
- the breeding herd and the higher
priced feeds used for growing the
saves and ysarhngs or nnishing cat
ne.
Corn silage. corn slower, rice. rye.
eat, wheat or barley straw and cane
With about one pound Of cotton seed
sake per head per day will maintain
ahs breeding hard through the winter
sd will furnish nutrient to develop
tAs premature calf The feeding OF
pAxt corn stovsr or corn silage and
cart straw with the cotton seed cake
b superior to the use Of single
roushage.
gtraws: According to the present
value Of feeds the feeding value Of
bfraws per ton is ranked as follows:
nice. oat, barley. wheat, rye. Rice
straw with It's large amount Of leaves
end soft stem has about an equal feed
ing value 70 timothy or prairie hay.
Dat straw has a soft stem but lower
percentage Of leaves Barley straw
ranks next to oat straw with It's low
percentage of leaves and rather
coarse stem. Wheat and rye straw
are coarse and stiff and not as well
eaten by cattle.
Corn Stalks: Corn stalks are fed
IN four ways: Corn silage, shock
slower, shredded stover and stalk
fields. The greatest value received
from, the corn stalks is by making
snsilage of them. They are thus kept
In a succulent form. are more easily
digested and are very palatable.
The shredded corn slower is the
most valuable of the dry slower. 1t
can be cut and blown into the barn.
In this form 1t is easily handled.
There is less waste and 1t is more di-
gestible than the uncut stalk.
The shock slower is the form in
which the dry corn stalks are most
satisfactorily handled and fed. II re-
enires less labor and prevents much
waste. The stalks and leaves are
we'll cured when cut and shocked,
while in the field many OF the leaves
are damaged and blown away and the
entire stalk is in a dry and unpalata-
BE form. About IS per cent of the
sorn slower In the United States is
wasted mainly in the stalk field.
Dry corn stover Is a little superior
n value to oat straw. the leaves are
superior in value while the stalks
make up the biz waste.
The feeding OF all the corn slower
that will be cleaned up. and all the
straw that will be cleaned up and
enc pound OF cotton seed cake or Ave
Or six pounds OF legume hay per heas
per day make very satisfactory win
tsrfng ration. Much greater value Is
received from the corn stover when
n IL fed with another roughage as
straw.
Protein Supplement: The Velvet
Bean is one of the best protein sup
elements in the stalk field. In the
northern sections Of the state the le.
gume hays as clover. alfalfa. or pea
tay can more easily be- obtained 10
make Up the protein supplement. n
will require five OF six pounds per
head per day Of the HAYS 60 supply
sufficient protein In the balance ~
the state the protein supplements
easiest 10 obtain are cotton seed
cake or pea vines. L viii require one
pound OF the cake or i've or six pounds
OF the pea vine per head per day.
For growing Young stock one and
onehalf 10 two pounds Of cotton seed
cake or six 70 ten pounds az alfalfa,
clover or pea hay shonla be FED with
the roughage. The larger amount of
protein supplement Is required with
growing cattle as the rough feeds fur.
nash only heat and energy and the
protein feeds are essential FOR thu
animals 10 make a gain.
Thus, do not say straw. corn fodder
and cane are worthless feeds because
you do not get satisfactory results
when you feed only one OF them. Feed
at least two of them. as a corn stalk
pasture or corn stover during the day
and straw or cane in the morning or
evening. when you also feed the cot.
ton seed cake or legume hay. II
takes the combination and protein
supplement for the breeding herd TO
hold it's weight and produce large
strong offspring