Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-22
SHOULD UTILIZE
 YOUR CORN CROP
Eow To Get Most Out of Feed On Hand--ShouId Know Feed Values.
By Louis Sawyer, Beef Cattle Special

By Louis Sawyer, Beef Cattle Special ist, Extension Division, U. of A. With the shortage in the corn crop 1t will be necessary to utilize to the best advantage our hays and rough ages; however, cattlemen must know the value of the different kinds of l feed and handle their herds carefully 1 in order to avoid disappointment and l to get the most out of the feeds used and to keep the herd in best condition possible. Cheap feed should be given to the breeding herd and the more nu- l tritious and higher priced feeds should be used in developing the calves or yearlings or finishing the cattle.
 Rice, rye, oat, wheat, or barley straw, corn silage, corn stover and cane should make up the bulk of the winter ration for the breeding herd, and if fed with one pound of cotton seed cake per day will furnish plenty of nourishment for the premature calf. It is far better to use more than one roughage.
 Corn stalks are fed as silage, shock ed stover, shredded stover, or in the field. There is no question that en- silage is best, but a great many Ar should realize that shredded corn stover is valuable; that by using it there is less waster and it is more di- lgestible than uncut stalks. More straw must be used than ever before, and it should be known that the feed- l ing value of the various straws to be obtained in Arkansas are ranked in l the following order: Rice, oats, bar ley, wheat, and rye Rice straw, with it's large amount of leaves and: soft stem, has about an equal feeding val: ue to timothy or prairie hay. ;Oat straw has soft stem, but a lower percentage of leaves. Barley straw ranks next to oat straw with it's low percentage of leaves and rati3er coarse stem. Wheat and rye straw are rather coarse and stiff and not eaten as we'll by cattle.
 l By feeding one pound of cotton seed lcake or five or six pounds of lesume hay per head per day with all the will clean up, very satisfactory ra- ltion can be provided.
 Be sure to provide cotton seed cake Tor legume hay, since these are neces- lsary and are called the protein SUD- lplement. People in the northern part
 of the state will find it easier to se-
 cure the legume hay to make up the
 protein supplement, while those who Hive in the rest of the state will for
 the most part be able to secure cotton Iseed cake or pea vines.
 A larger amount of protein supple lment is required for growing cattle las the rough fields furnish only heat land energy and the protein feeds are Iessential if the animals are to make
 a gain. For growing young stock
 ton seed cake or six to ten pounds o1 |alfalfa, clover or pea hay should be lied with the roughage.
 Don't forget that the best results are lobtained by feeding more than one lroughage. Feed at least two of them
 straw or cane in the morning or even ling, when you also feed the cotton
 seed cake or legume hay, with the
 corn stalk, pasture or corn stover dur ling the day, is good. A combination lis most satisfactory, and a protein
 supplement is necessary if the breed ing herd is to hold it's weight and produce strong and healthy offspring