The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-08-08
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CLOVER WINS EDGE
IN FEEDING TRIAL

ClOVSr ndu SilSnl euEe over alfal-
IA in the beef feeding trials which
have just been completed at the Wis
consin College of Agriculture.
In the steer-feeding trials, two lots
Of ten steers each, weighing prac-
tically the same, made an average gain
of 1881 pounds in the case of the
clover fed steers and an average gain
of 377.5 pounds when fed alfalfa dur
ing the trial period of 1876 days The
average daily gain was the same for
the two lots, 1.93 pounds per animal.
II The average ration used in the ex-
pertinent consisted of 10 pounds Of
corn, 81 pounds of corn silage. SIS
pounds of clover hay in one case and
e3 pounds of alfalfa hay for the 9TH
er lot, and IA pounds of cottonseed
meal for the cl5ver-fed animals as
compared to s pound for the alfalfa
fed steers.
For each 100 pounds gain, the cley-
er-fed steers got 500 pounds of corn,
12.1 pounds of cottonseed meal, 274
pounds of clover hay, and 1907
pounds of corn silage. Their com
petitors made like gains on 52O7
pounds of corn, 41.2 pounds of cotton
seed meal, 274.4 pounds of alfalfa
hay, and 1,401 0S pounds of corn silage.
The former ration cost $1479 and the
latter 20 cents more, pork profits from
hogs following the steers not de-
Quoted.
The net profit per steer in the Glow
er-fed group, not including pork profit,
added this group returned a net
profit over cost of feed Of $23.26 per
steer. The alfalfa-fed animals made
a profit without the pork profits OF
S15.42 With the pork profits added
they averaged S21.5S net return per
steer over cost of feed.
In announcing the result Of the baby
beef-feeding trials. J. G. Fuller of the
animal husbandry department, under
whose direction the experiments were
carried on, said: perhaps we had
better not get too enthusiastic about
baby beef production, but consider
seriously all of the costs involved"
In the baby beef-feeding trials two
lots of FIVE animals each, weighing
67O.9 per animal in each lot, were pit
ted against each other for 1853 days
TO see whether better gains could be
made on cottonseed meal than on lin
seed oilmeal.
A margain Of S2Sl more profit was
made on the baby beeves that got lin
seed oil meal as a part OF their ration
over what was made by thf cotton
seed meal group of baby beeves- The
estimated profit per animal in the lat
ter group was $500, while the former
paid a profit of S11.03 per animal.
The average daily ration per animal
consisted of So pounds of cracked
corn, 80 pounds of crushed oats, 1913
pounds of corn silage, 40 pounds OF
alfalfa hay, and .9S pounds Of cotton
seed meal for one lot and .9S pounds
of Iinseed oilmeal for the other lot.
The cottonseed meal group was fed
29O.S pounds of cracked corn, 1884
pounds of crushed oats, 5l.4 pounds
of cottonseed meal, S245 pounds OF
corn silage, and 20S.9 pounds Of alfal-
ia hay for each 100 pounds of gain.
The lInseed oilmeal class made 100
pounds Of gain on 2677 pounds OF
cracked corn, 1859 pounds of crushed
oats, 423 pounds Of linseed oilmeal,
1901 pounds of corn silage, and 1924
pounds of alfalfa hay.
In the cotton seed meal group the
average gain per animal was 32l.7
pounds and the average gain per AMI
NAL in the linseed oilmeal class was
349.4 pounds, a margin of 27.7 pounds
per animal.