The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-03-05
STUDY FEEDING
WORK MARCH II
Feeders Day" Excursion Ar
ranged to Observe VIM
ter'S Results

A feeder day" exclusion to be
held March IL. has been arranged in
farm bureau and the Caldwell Com
mercial club II will offer Idaho
stockmen and bankers firsthand OPP
portunity TO study the results Of a
winters experimental feeding of steers
and yearlings at the Caldwell substa
ton, and to investigate the opportun
tiles for winter feeding offered by
Canyon county farms.
Stockmen. bankers and all other in
tcrestcd people are invited by the uni
versity. county and town from all sec
tons Of the state and are expected es-
pecialIy from those sections in which
feeding conditions and available feeds
are similar to those in the Boise val
ley.
Will Assemble Here
Guests will assemble in Caldwell on
the morning Of March II. in time to
start at o-o'c1ock on an automobile ex-
cursion, under auspices of the farm
bureau and commercial club, to visit
several steer feeding farms in the
Boise valley Arriving at Nampa at
noon. they will stop for lunch and in
formal spcechmaking, at which c. p.
Ross. president of the state farm bu-
reau, will be the POSTMASTER.
The party will reach the Caldwell
substation of the university expert
ment station at 2 o'clock, there to
study eight lots of steers that have
been fed through the winter, on diff
ferent rations under direction of !
r.. Nordby of the experiment station
staff. The visit to the steer pens will
be followed by brief talks on farming
and steer feeding. after which the par
ty will return to Caldwell for a stock
mems program in the evening Dear
F.. ]. Iddings of the agricultural col
lege Of the state university will pre-
side.
Many Events Come Together
Prominent cattle men and sheer
men of the state already have signi
fled their intention Of participating il
the excursion and studying the feedn,
experiment. Shorthorn sales will b
held at Caldwell by the Boise Vale,
= Shorthorn Growers association
March 1S and 10. ard Shorthorl
banquet will be held on the evening o
March 49,. The entire series of event
was planned together, it is announce ed
so as to provide program of especia
attractiveness for stockmen
In the winters experiment at tn
substation farm, o6 steers were fed OF
different rations in eight lots of |
steers each, in an effort to ascertain
the feeding values, with relation to ex
pense, of different combinations o
hay. silage and grains. This expert
ment is only the first of series o
larger experiments which the uni
next year and in years following. Pen
already have been prepared for tn
feeding Of sheep. and sheep expert
ment will be added to the steer ex
pertinent next winter.
OF the o6 steers one lot was fed O
long alfalfa hay, while the other lot
received other foods as follows: Gu
alfalfa hay: long alfalfa hay and Stage
cut alfalfa hay and silace; long alfalf
hay and silage; long alfalfa hay, silag
and five pounds of barley; cut alfalf
hay, silagc and five pounds of barley
long alfalfa hay and eight pounds Q
barley: cut alfalfa hay and eish
pounds of barley,
Winter yearlines were fed with tn
waste from the feed lots, as anothe
phase of the experiment.