The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
IN HM NEWS
CLOVER WINS EDGE
IN FEEDING TRIAL

Clover had a slight edge over alfal-
ia in the beef feeding trials which
have just been completed at the Wis.
consin College of Agriculture.
In the steerfeeding trials, two lots
Of ten steers each. Weighing prac-
tically the same, made an average gain
Of 37S.1 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 1856 days. The
average daily gain was the same for
the two lots, LOB pounds per animal.
The average ration used in the e1-
pertinent consisted Of 10 pounds of
corn, q pounds of corn silage, 5.3
pounds of clover hay in one case and
6.3 pounds of alfalfa hay for the 9TH
er lot. and IA pounds of cottonseed
meal for the cl5ver-fed animals as
compared to 8 pound for the alfalfa
fed steers.
For each 100 pounds gain. the Glow
er-fed steers got 51o.9 pounds of corn,
72.1 pounds of cottonseed meal, 274
pounds Of clover hay, and 1,399.7
pounds Of corn sllage. Their COM
petitors made like gains on 52O.7
pounds of corn, ALP pounds of cotton
seed meal, 274.4 pounds of alfalfa
hay, and ,4Ol.OS pounds of corn sllage.
The former ration cost S14.79 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,
was S16.1S. When the pork profit was
added this group returned net
profit over cost of feed of S23.26 per
steer. The alfalfa-fed animals made
a profit without the pork profits of
S15.42. With the pork profits added
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
G7O.9 per animal in each lot, were pit
ted against each other for 16S days
to see whether better gains could be
made on cottonseed meal than on lin
seed oilmeal.
A margain of S2.S1 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 the cotton
seed meal group of baby beeves. The
estimated profit per animal in the lat
ter group was $500, while the former
paid profit of S11.O3 per animal.
The average daily ration per animal
consisted of SO pounds of cracked
corn, 80 pounds of crushed oats, 159
pounds of corn silage, 40 pounds of
alfalfa hay, and 9s pounds of cotton
seed meal for one lot and .9S pounds
of linseed oilmeal for the other lot
The cottonseed meal group was fed
290.S pounds Of cracked corn, 1884
pounds of crushed oats, 51.4 pounds
Of cottonseed meal. S24.5 pounds Of
corn silage. and 20S.9 pounds of alfal-
IN hay for each 100 pounds of gain.
The linseed oilmeal class made 100
pounds of gain on 267.7 pounds of
cracked corn, 1859 pounds of crushed
oats. 42.3 pounds of linseed oilmeal,
1891 pounds of corn silage, and 1924
pounds of alfalfa hay.
In the cotton seed meal group the
average gain per animal was 321.7
pounds and the average gain per ami
NAL in the lnseed oimeal class was
349.4 pounds. margin of 27.7 pounds
per animal.