The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-01

must be had from pastures. hays,
grains and livestock, grade and scrub
herd headers should be entirely elimi-
mated
The feed supply must be increased
this year by use of feeds that have, in
former years, been largely wasted. A
da1ryman in one OF our irrigated dis
tricts reports that his cows take readi-
ly to bean straw and that he was sur
prised to find how high the feeding
value of this material, which is fire.
quently wasted, is In districts where
large acreages of peas have been
grown this year, use is already being
made of the straw. Where the peas
were not allowed to get entirely ripe
before cutting, this straw makes an
excellent feed
In past years, hundreds OF tons of
oats have, in some sections of Idaho,
been burned. This straw should be
utilized this year for feed In the
sugar beet producing districts this
straw can be cut and mixed with cut
alfalfa and molasses.. The mixture be-
comes not only valuable feed in
maintaining the breeding herd, but is
effective in fleshing livestock, espec-
tally steers for market.
Beet pulp, roots, and silage should
be used never before. When sue
culent feeds are used in winter,
breeding animals are retained in bet
ter thrift and expensive concentrates
and much rOughage that is not costly,
can be saved for other purposes.
The various crops, such as hay, pea
| straw, bean straw, and fodder of all
! kinds, should be gotten under shelter,
| even if necessary to materially reduce
| the bulk by baling. Some of this ma
terial may be stored in the silO and
made into succulent winter feed. In
the Mississippi valley states, corn fod-
der has been taken dry from the shock
and after chOpping and mOistening,
has been made into valuable silage-
/ On the university farm at Moscow
this fall a silo has been filled with a
mixture of dry pea straw and green
corn. The pea straw and corn were
fed into the cutter at the same time
with water added to make a moist mix
ture of three to four parts of pea
straw to one part of corn The corn
| assists in making moist mixture that
| will readily pack and furnish carbO-
hydrate material that assists in the
| fermentation process necessary to the
! development of the mild acid condi-
ton which is characteristic of good
! silage.
The question arises in regard to the
| grains that should be used this year
Many livestock men are planning to
save grain and concentrates by using
! silage, root crops and alfalfa Alfalfa
may save much grain in Wlnter1ne
hogs In some sections figures are al
hand indicating the possibility OF
| bringing in Mississippi valley corn &c
replace a portion of the barley and
| oats used in former years Cotton
seed meal, oil meal, soy bean meal
and cOcOanut meal, heterogeneous con
centrates, will be used in some sec
tions to supplement and make more
effective some of the fOrages and fod-
ders mentioned above Comparative
prices of corn, barley, oats, mill feeds
cottOnseed meal. soy bean meal, to-
gether with information as to rela-
tive feeding values of the same, vii
be determined factors in the choice Of
concentrates for feeding under Idaho
conditions When alfalfa hay, clover
or other legumes are used, 1t is no.
necessary to look for a highly nitro
genous grain to feed in connection
Even with alfalfa. however, such feeds
as oil meal and others in small
amount, may effect a saving in the
daily cost of feeding.
We need, therefore, TO save all the
good livestock that is possible; re
member that there is, in all prObabil
ity. ample profit for him who success
fully Weathers the present situation
seek to establish higher standards
cut out the scrub sired; make great
est possible use of all farm forage
use succulent feeds as far as possible
the coming winter; purchase grains
and other concentrates on a basis o
relative price and feeding value. de
pending forage crops led along
with the concentrates
If these things may be kept in minC
by our Idaho livestock men in plan
ming for the winter and spring, We