The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-02-04
HOW PROFIT IN
CATTLE FEEDING
MAY Be RAISED
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR FARM
ERs MADE BY EXPERT THAT
WILL PROVE HELPFUL.
LIVE STOCK is FARM ESSENTIAL
Necessary for the Preservation of the
Fertility of the Lands--FeW Feed
crs Appreciate Difference in Quail
ty Meal.
(From Tuesdays Daily Herald.)

(From Tuesday Daily Herald) III
C.. G. Flannery, Assistant Live Stofk
Specialist, representing the Division
of Extension, Knoxville, and Coop
Grating with Commercial Club Nash
vile, TENN
1t is difficult to succeed in any bus
ness which is disliked by the person
engaged in it. If feeder dislikes
certain animal on his farm, 1t will new
er be given fair opportunity to de-
yelop. If he is breeder of hogs and
sheep and he thinks more of the one
than he does of the other, the one he
prefers will receive more attention
and thereby make the larger profit.
Farmers in Tennessee are inclined to
give their best thought to the cash
crop on the farm, and they then ex.
pect the neglected and poorly cared
for livestock to market very expensive
crops at profit. Ii live stock do their
part they must have their part OF the
attention and their part of we'll bal
anced ration. You must like your
livestock as well as any crop on the
farm. Live stock demand daily at
tention. II there ever was a time
when farmers should make live stock
definite part of we'll regulated.
program it is now. No farmer can ex-
pect to achieve permanent success.
unless he keeps live stock. If he
keeps good number of live stock
to care for them we'll means success
over a period of years in marketing
the products of the farm. The way we
care for our live stock vii determine
the profit that we secure in market
ing our crops in this way. 1t is en-
tirely possible for one feeder to mar
ket corn and hay through cattle of the
same grade and bought at the. same
price at profit, while another feeder
under identical conditions loses mon
+ y. In addition to feeding, good
system includes the saving of manure.
For 1t is an established fact that the
farmer who doesn't care for the ma
nurs cannot compete with the farm
er who does, for the products of the
farm must be sold on the same mar
ket. Eventually the farmer who keeps
no live stock will be unable to compete
in the production of crops with the
farmer who keeps live stock and
cares for it as he should.
Farmers generally expect too much
of their live stock. If the feeder who
feeds will do his part many losses
will be prevented and the live stock
business will be put on a surer basis
Here are few Of the most common
mistakes made by Tennessee feeders
who have been feeding for many
years:
l. No apparent recognition is Civ
en- between Sc per cent and 40 per
cent meal.
2. Farmers everywhere in Middle
Tennessee are feeding too much cot
ton seed meal. Never feed more than
6 pounds per 1000 pounds liveweight
Of Al per cent meal.
3. We have tendency to get the
cattle on full feed to rapidly. Cattle
in the early feeding period should be
made to consume much roughage, I'M
less the feeding period is extreme
'ly short. Your profits will he deter.
mined very largely by the amount OF
cheap feed they consume.
4. Too much expensive feed is be-
ing fed. When corn and cotton seed
meal are increased the amount of
ough feed used by the cattle is imme-
diately reduced We cannot feed cat |
tie as they are fed in the corn belt.
8. Cattle standing in mud will not |
make the gains they should Cattle
should be well bedded If the winter |
is severe the gains made by bedding
will be more noticeable.
g. Cotton seed meal should be thor
oughly mixed with Stage and not fed |
separately or placed on top of the 81
lage.
Always feed some roughness with
silage and meal.
8. No attempt is made to balance
a ration by some feeders who have fed
for many years. For economical beef
production and well balanced ration
Keep this in mind (a) Never feed
clover of soy bean hay alone. 1t is an
feed when fed alone.
(b) Never feed timothy hay alone.
hay is an unbalanced feed
and will scarcely maintain cattle dur.
ing a period OF four months.
tc) Never feed oat hay alone for the
same reason. But clover hay or soy
bean hay with oator timothy hay VIII
make a ration fairly wen balanced
and may be fed with profit at present
to good cattle