, 1922-03-17
PROFIT SHOWN
IN SUNFLOWERS
At STATE FARM
Experiments Conducted al
Archer Develop Forage
Crop That Produces
Large Yield

LARAMIE wyo- Mzrrh I'm,
state farm at Archer has been te1-
m varieties Of corn and sunfiowers
with n view OF developing q forar.
crop that WIN produce largo nelds
for ensflage According to W. L
Quayis. In charge of stzts farms, the
work Is being carried on at tho pres-
eut time to determine N comparative
vafue Of ensilase made from corn and
from s~uniowers m q feed for dairy
stock
The experiment started January Il.
1891. with three Holstein and three
Shorthorn mich w Tho animals
IN each group were as stmilar in typa
weight. period Of CESSATION and iacta-
ton as It was possible to obtain from
b farm herd The Holstefn group
started with alfalfa hay, corn ensil-
ago and grain. while tho Shorthorns
have had the same Rtson except that
sunfiower ensilage was substituted
for corn enslage. Every II days the
sunfiower ensilage was interchanged
with the ccrn e~nKilage. The COWS
were given n daily ration OF 80
pounds OF ensilage. all the alfalfa
they would cat and a mixture Of
grain consisting OF seven parts OF
corn chop. two parts OF bran, one part
of ~cottonseed meal.
So far as the milk and butter fat
production from the two rations was
concerned there "a very little diff
florence. The Shorthorns gave a
slightly larger amount of milk when
they had sunfiower onsilage while tho
Holsteins gave less when they were
fed ensflage made from sunfiowers.
When the costs of both ensilages are
taken into account. however. the re-
suit is quito different The alfalfa
hay was valued Mt SIS per ton, grain
at So per hundredweight, corn silage
at 50 and sunflower at SC per ton.
Using the above figures for he price
OF iced and 60 cents a pound for but
ter fat IN the whole milk. the Short
horn cows showed a cash I OF
$500 more every AZ days that they
received sunfower ensilage than for
n similar period when they received
corn silage. The difference was not
so marked with the Holsteins but was
in favor Of the ration containing sun
flowers. A summing-up of result
shows that he daily production of
milk increased only half a pound per
COW by the use of corn silage. Since
the cost of sunfower silage was only
two-thirds that OF corn. the monthly
saving was $3.50 per COW. This
shows the Importance Of sunflower
silage.
During the entire experiment all
the cows continued in good physical
condition. Although they did not eat
%sunHowor ensilage as eagerly as they
did the corn, they eve failed to
clean up NIL the feed. All the cows
gainel n little in weight during the
test and no unusual odor was asso-
clated with silnge produced milk. The
test would Indicate that there is lit
tie difference in the feeding value OF
the two kinds OF ensi'aGe, pound for
pound. When the greater acre We'd
of sunnowers is considered. which
was about 50 per cent more tonnage
on the Archer farm than the corr
ensilage the s%unnowers give a small
er production cost of milk. Sunflow-
ers also withstand drought. cold
weather. and general adverse condi-
tons better than corn.
The second years work with this
same experiment has Just been COM
pleted ard the two years results will
appear in n short time.
nc1TE WHEAT At
nHCuER STATE .,ARN.
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