The Springdale news., 1917-11-09
WHAT AND RON ID FEED ECONOMICALLY
Cheap Feed Should Be Fed To Breed ing Herd, and Higher Priced Feeds
 70 Calves and YearIinas.

l iCdiIy dle lIl6 questions COnlTOnlln8 the owner of livestock in Arkansas right now In answering these ques- 1 lions it may be said that straw, corn stoyer, corn silage and other rough feeds should make up the bulk of the winter ration for the grade breeding 1 herd The cheap feeds should be fed to the breeding herd and the higher priced feeds used for growing the calves and yeariings or finishing cat tie.
 Corn silage, corn stover, rice, rye, oat, wheat or barley straw and cane with about one pound of cotton seed cake per head per day will maintain the breeding herd through the winter and will furnish nutrient to develop the premature calf. The feeding of part corn stover or corn silage and part straw with the cotton seed cake is superior to the use of single roughage.
 Straws: According to the present value of feeds the feeding value of straws per ton is ranked as follows: Rice, oat. barley, wheat, rye Rice straw with it's large amount of leaves and soft stem has about an equal feed ing value to timothy or prairie hay Oat straw has a soft stem but a lower percentage of leaves. Barley straw ranks next 10 oat straw with it's low percentage of leaves and rather coarse stem. Wheat and rye straw are coarse and stiff and not as we'll eaten by cattle
 Corn Stalks Corn stalks are fed in four ways: Corn silage. shock stover shredded stover and stalk fields The greatest value received from the corn stalks is by maHng ensilage of them They are thus kept in sueculent form, are more easily digested and are very palatabie. The shredded corn stover is the most valuable of the dry stover It can be cut and blown into the barn. In this form it is easily handled There is less waste and it is more d. gestible than the uncut stalk
 The shock stoYer is the form in which the dry corn stalks are most tu- quires 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 dry and unpalata- ble form. About 45 per cent of the corn stoyer ill the United States is wasted mainly in the stalk field
 Dry corn stoyer is little superior in value to oat straw, the leaves are superior in value while the stalks make up the big waste.
 The feeding Of all the corn stover that will be cleaned up. and all the straw that will be cleaned up and one pound of cotton seed cake or five or six pounds of legume hay per heas per day make very satisfactory win. tering ration. Much greater value is received from the corn stoyer when il is fed @ith another roughage as straw
 Protein Supplement- The Velvet Bean is one of fhe best protein sup. plements in the stalk field Tn the northern sections of the state The Ie- gume hays as clover. alfalfa, or pea hay can more easily be obtained to make up the protein supplement- It will require five or six pounds per head per day of lhe hays te supply sufficient protein. In the balance of the state the protein supplements easiest 10 obtain are cotton seed cake or pea vines. II will require one pound of the cake or five or six pounds of the pea vine per head per day.
 For growing young stock one and Onehaif 10 two pounds of cotton seed cake or SIX to ten pounds of alfalfa, clover or pea hay should he fed with the roughagc The larger amount Of protein supplement is required with growing cattle az the rough feeds fur nish only heat and energy and the protein feeds are essential for the animals to 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 q corn stalk nasture or corn stovet during the day and straw CT cane in the morning or evening" when you also feed the cot ton seed cake or legume hay It takes the combination and protein supplemeal for the breeding herd to hold it's weight and produce large strong offspring
 LIVE STOCK SPECIALISTS GLAD