The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-18
EXPERIMENTS IN
FEEDING CATTLE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECRE-
TARY TELLS ABOUT VISIT
ING THREE FARMS

e. j. ArmbruSter, who recently pur
chased very beautiful farm of 24(
acres a half mile east of Genesee, Il
now carrying on an experiment in cat
tie and hog feeding that should be Of
great interest and value to the people
of our county. Every farmer should
watch it. Accompanied by Prof. G. w
Hickman of the Idaho College of Ag-
riculture, and P. L. Orcutt, secretary
of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce,
Mr.. Armbruster visited Genesee Satur-
day and several hours were spent
looking over the cattle and inspecting
The feed. 1t was the desire of Mr..
Armbruster to have the university ex-
perts check up his work and criticise
it,, if it were faulty, for it is recog-
nized that much depends on how it
comes out. If Mr. Armbruster can go
to the Spokane stOckyards, buy Mon
tant feeders, thin in flesh, ship them
to his Genesee or Moscow farms, and
then fatten them at margin of prof
it, it means something. After looking
over the herd of "a, all steers but one,
Prof Hickman said he could see
no room for criticism. The cattle are
now fat, and with another $50 pounds
per head will be the finest bunch of
prime beef ever seen in our county,
without a doubt. Much of the stuff
is now in better condition for the
block than is found on our farms,
and to have it extra prime will be
something that is worth watching.
The cattle came in poor from Mon
lana, and were bought at the Spokane
stock yards November II, and shipped
to Genesee. For a time they got only
such stuff as we really waste on the
farm Snch q h,rf hou by.;xo
and when the real feeding started they
came out of the kinks rapidly Two
cars OF shelled corn was shipped in
from Iowa, and one car of apple
pummis was sent over from the Mos
COW vinegar works. All the other
iced is produced on the farm. This
consists OF corn ensilage, there being
two large silOs on the place, holding
something like 225 tons OF ensilage.
One of these has been emptied and |
the other is half empty at this time, |
but enough is left to finish the feed
ing Rye hay and oat straw COM
plete the menu, and of all these feeds |
the cattle have all they can eat. Feed |
racks are never empty, and the cattle
eat all they can swallow. 1t is esti-
mated they are now taking on three
pounds per day per head
With the cattle are a lot of hogs,
mostly young shoats, and these fol-
low the cattle They are fed nothing,
but are growing rapidly, and in fine
order. After the cattle are finished
Mr.. Armbruster will force fed the
1ogs for 10 or 20 days and turn off
'5O-pound porkers. And the cost to
produce this bunch of hogs will be
Practically nothing. If the cattle break {
wen, the hogs are going to- make a {
'ery nice piece of money
1T might be added that horse meat
las entered into the feeding of the {
logs materially, some twenty having $
een bought and feed during the win !,
er. Old horses, or blind animals,
re bought and mercifully killed, the
kins taken off and the flesh fed to t
ne hogs, the meat being relished by n
he swine
The experiment will be carefully ;,
'atched and the public advised :.
trough the Moscow papers Keep it
mind, for Mr.. Armbruster is making h
most valuable experiment. ie
On the way into Genesee Prof. Hick-
III suggested that we stop at the II
q Hans Tweed farm, one of the big,
ell improved places of our county. =,
I'd look over bunch of Montana r.
GERS, one carload being fattened by es
)bin Bros. They are feeding a ea
ound mixture of straw and alfalfa, or
sllage, and shelIed corn, the latter We
Ing shipped in at about three cents ad
+ pound. They are doing fine ac-i
riding to Prof. Hickman, who care su
ny looked the cattle over. They have re
large feeding stable, with plenty ca
shelter land are following their cat
with bunch Of pigs The young
IN are keeping exact account of ma