Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
CATTLE FEEDERS
HAVE A Big DAY
Inspect Herds of Prominent Far
mers and Experts Say Corn
Silage Is Best Feed
(Contributed)

w ere you at the fdrmer meet
ing at the court house iii Rich
mond last Saturday? If not al
low us to express Our sympathy
that you were not able to attenC
tor you not only would have en-
Joyed being there but probably
would have learned something
We did. We know that you are
disappointed about not being
there, so will try to tell you about
it as best we can.
Six automobiles full of men met
Prof. Rhodes, the extension man
from the Kentucky Experiment
Station. in front of the Madison
county court house at 10 o'clock
and they visited the cattle feeding
plant of w. +. Park on Jack 5
Creek pike, and looked at his fine
bunch of cattle which he had on
feed. Mr.. Park certainly knows
how to pick the good ones and
then he sure believes in feeding
by the latest methods. His cat
tie are receiving at present time
about 80 ears of corn. 2 pounds of
cotton seed meal, and what ensil-
age they will clean up each day
but MIR. Park expects to keep
right on feeding until grass and
then Craze them until about July
or August. At that time they
ought to top the market and pro-
badly weigh l,45O pounds.
From there we went to the
beautiful home of p. NJ. Igo. on
the Lexington pike. and took
look at another bunch of good
ones which Mr.. Igo has on feed.
Mr.. Igo also believes in giving
them plenty of feed and has barns
etc. arranged to take care OF
them. He does not use silO but
feeds cut or shredded fodder to-
gcthcr with ear corn and other
feeds. One bunch he is feeding
velvet beans with his corn and
fodder. another bunch corn and
fodder, about so ears of corn per
head each day and they certainly
look like they are doing we'll o.
it. This last bunch Of cattle
came from st. Louis last Octobcrl
weighing a little less than lie
pounds. and the other day weigh
ed nearly 200. which is not .
bad gain for this time of wear.
Mr.. Igo thinks that most OF l.:
cattle will probably be marketed
in August and September.
After leaving Mr.. Igo's farm.
we returned to town with the IL
derstanding that we would meet i
at the court house at 2 y. m. and |
at that hour there assembled
about Is or more farmers. Chas.
II. lett introduced the following
speakers: Prof. Wayland Rhodes.
Prof. +. s. Good, and Dean Coop
er. all of the Experiment Station. !
Mr.. Rhodes had for his subject :
: som" of the Things Which In
flucncc Profit in Cattle Feeding."r :
Mr.. Rhodes stated at the outset !
that, OF course. a good margin !
between cost price and selling
price was the most essential thing /.
to insure profit. but said that as
we could not very well control +
this part of the business. it was
up to the farmer to strive for the
best and most economical meth
ods of feeding and handling cattle
so that on the bad years we
would have as small losses as posi-
sible and on the good years our
profits would be that much larg-
er. He favors the silo and said
that it had been established be-
yond doubt that cattle grazed
after eating cnsilage as after eat
ing dry feed. and that when corn
was put into the silo that it had
Il feeding value of about 40 per
cent more than fed otherwise. He
advocated using a small amount
of cotton seed meal with the sill
age as we'll as hay and other
roughness which was available
also to be careful in conserving
the manure and spreading it back
on the land thereby making the
land richer so it would grow 1arg-
er crops. Mr.. Rhodes is young
man with good. sound business
IDEAS and will. if we will let him.
be of great benefit to the cattle
feeders of the state, and we pre-
lict bright future for him and
those who cooperate with him.
The next speaker, Mr.. Good.
head of the Animal Husbandry
had for his subject
Some Results in Experiment
Work of Cattle Feeding" He told
Of how they had fed cattle at the