Sharp County record., 1917-11-09
WHAT AND HOW To
FEED ECONOMICALLY
Cheap Feed Should Be Fed To Breed
ira Herd, and Higher Priced Feeds
To Calves and Yearlings.
By Louis Sawyer, Livestock Special

By Louis Sawyer, Livestock Special
ist Extension Division, U. OF A.
What and how to feed most econom-
ically are the questions confronting
the owner of livestock in Arkansas
right now. In answering these ques-
tons it may be said that straw, corn
stover, corn silage and other rough
feeds should make up the bulk of the
winter ration for the grade breeding
herd The cheap feeds should be fed
to the breeding herd and the higher
priced feeds used for growing the
calves and yearlings or finishing cat
lie.
Corn stIage,. corn stover, rice, rye,
cat, 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 its 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 to oat straw with its 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 siIage, shock
stover, shredded stover and stalk
fields. The greatest value received
from the corn stalks is by making
ensilage of them. They are thus kept
in a succuIent form, are more easily
digested and are very palatable.
The shredded corn stover is the
most valuable Of the dry stover. II
can be cut and blown into the barn.
In this form it is easily handled.
There is less waste and 1t Is more di-
gestible than the uncut stalk.
The shock stover is the form in
which the dry corn stalks are most
satisfactorily handled and fed. It re.
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 a dry and unpalata.
BILE form. About 45 per cent Of the
corn stover In the United States Is
wasted mainly in the stalk field.
Dry corn stover Is a 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 stovel
that will be cleaned up and all the
straw that will be cleaned up and
one pound Of cotton seed cake or Ave
or six pounds Of legume hay per heas
per day make a very satisfactory win.
tering ration, Much greater value II
received from the corn stover when
It Is fed with another roughage az
straw
Protein Supplement: The Velvet
Bean is one Of the best protein sup
plements in the stalk field In the
northern sections Of the state the le
gume hays as clover, alfalfa, or pea
hay can more easily be obtained to
make up the protein supplement II
will require Ave or six pounds pei
head per day of the hays to supply
sufficient protein, In the balance Of
the state the protein supplements
easiest to 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
onehalf to two pounds Of cotton seed
cake or six to ten pounds Of alfalfa.
clover or pea hay should be fed with
the roughage The larger amount Of
protein supplement is required with
growing cattle as 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 a corn stalk
pasture or corn stover during tho day
and straw or cane In the morning or
evening whom you also feed the cot
ton seed cake or legume hay Il
takes the combination and protein
supplement for the breeding herd 10
hold its weight and produce large
strong offspring
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