The Sauk Centre herald., 1926-11-11
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRICULTURISTS

oats, which was supplemented with al
falfa hay and corn silage. The records
| on the herd at the end of the first
month showed a total production of
2,494 pounds milk containing 113
pounds of butterfat having a value
of $50.42. The total feed cost was
s65.56, which was $15.14 more than
was received for the butterfat.
The dairynlan was then advised by
his cow tester to add one half part of
soybean meal to the ration he had
been feeding and to cut down the
amount of grain and silage to "a lit
tie more than half of what it had
been before. AT the end of the sec
ond month the records told an en-
tirely different story. Not only was
production increased to 3,597 pounds
milk and I'll pounds of butterfat
which sold for $74.08, or $23.66 more
than the sale value of the butterfat
production of the same COW the month
before, but the feed cost was cut to
S43.76, or $22.4O less than it was the
previous month. BY comparing the
feed costs and the money returns for
butterfat during these two months,
it was found that the increased value
of THE butterfat produced by this
small herd the second month by "a
slight change in feeding was SAG. 06
over what it was the first month when
the cows were not fed properly bal
anced ration.
Pig is Entitled to Protein in His
Diet-In> his address on Swine Feed
ers' Day at University Farm F. B.
Morrison, assistant director of the
Wisconsin Experiment Station, said
tat the new developments in animal
nutrition are of more Importance in
tie feeding of swine tan in the case of
most classes of animals. This is be-
cause hogs are usually fed on more
restricted rations than cattle, horses,
or sheep. Generally their chief food
is grain, especially corn, and recent
discoveries show that the cereals,
though of high feeding value when
wisely used, have serious deficiencies
when improperly fed.
| Mr.. Morrison emphasized the inn
portance of feeding balanced ra-
tion-a ration which has the proper
| proportions of protein in the form
! of tankage, buttermilk, clipped alfal-
| ia hay, or inseed meal to other nu-
trients.
Referring to seven separate trials
carried on by various experiment sta
tions, the Wisconsin expert pointed
out that on the average pigs which
were fed an unbalanced ration of
corn alone gain only 0.59 pounds a
head daily and required 642 pounds
of corn for each 100 pounds of grain
made. On the other hand, the pigs
fed enough tankage to give balance
to the ration, gained just twice as
rapidly, or 1.18 pounds head daily,
and required only 387 pounds of corn
plus az pounds of tankage for each
100 pounds gaain.
H.
Hunziker to Speak to Buttermak-
ers Dec. 40. F. Hunziker of one
of the big creamery companies of
Chicago, formerly at the head of the
dairy department of Purdue Univer-
sity, will be the principal speaker on
"Visitors' Day." Tuesday, December
Ia, day which will feature the an
nual short course for advanced cream
cry operators to be held at Univer-
sity Farm, St. Paul, December 1 to
Is. On Monday, December 13, he
will lead the class in laboratory
work. He, has long been known as
one of the leading dairy products in
vestigators and authorities in the
United States, and is the author of
the book, "The Butter Industry"