, 1927-03-16

native white face two-year olds
weighing 1850 pounds when they
went on feed November 18th. The
lambs too. were good quality range
stock. They went into the feed
lots at So pounds. The feeding per
iod for both lambs and steers was
100 days.
Feeds Used
Ten pens of ten steers each and
ten pens of 40 lambs each were
used. All pens but one of steers
had free access to chopped alfalfa
hay. Along with the alfalfa, corn
silage was fed to the first lots of
steers and lambs, beet pulp to the
second pen and beet top silage to
the third lots. To these rations in
three other lots was added cotton
seed cake. To still another three
lots was added barley instead of
cotton seed cake. To still another
three lots was added barley instead
of cotton cake. In the tenth lot of
steers long alfalfa and beet pulp
was fed. The tenth lot of lambs
was fed Gull beans with the chopped
alfalfa.
j. f. Peterson, superintendent of
the experimental work and under
whose direction the feeding tests
were carried on, explained in de.
tail the results of the different
rations. The figures. for the various
operations has been carefully tabu-
lated and distributed on mimeo-
graphed sheets. This feature great
ly helped the visitors in following
the discussions of the feeding re-
suits.
Corn Silage Shows Well
The lot of steers on corn silage
and barley with chopped alfalfa
showed the largest gains 2.54
pounds daily per head. The cost
per hundred pounds of gain was
$1O.01. When the ground barley
was omitted from the ration the
daily gain was 2.31 pounds PEI.
head. The cost in this case was
considerably lower, SS.28 per hun
dred pounds. In fact the latter lot
showed the cheapest gains of all
lots on feed. The steers on beet
pulp and chopped alfalfa cost
S10.05 e gain of one hundred
pounds. The highest cost per hun
dred pounds on steers was on a
ration of beet pulp, cotton cake
and chopped alfalfa, $12.65. per
hundred.
Lambs Grow on Beans
Tho non ne I,.,l- 80
beans and chopped alfalfa made
very rapid gains when fed on clean
beans. that is. Gull beans free from
dirt. 1t was pointed out by Mr..
Peterson that due to so many beans
carrying such a high percentage of
dirt, these gains were the most ex-
pensive in the test, $1O.O7 per
hundred. The highest daily gains
were made on a ration of beet pulp
cotton cake and chopped alfalfa,
which was .297 pounds per head.
Beet pulp with barley and corn
silage with cotton cake showed
gains of .2S4 and .272 respectively.
h lowest daily gain of 1856 was
shown by the lot fed a ration of
beet to silage and cut alfalfa.
The Trench Silo Makes Hit
The crowd was keenly Interested
in the trench silos where pee top
and corn silage of excellent quality
had been made. These siIos had
been made at a very small cost
and We're declared superior to an
upright structure in this climate.
Many or tho farrnarc and faada,,
declared their intentions of making
similar silos on their own farms
this year. 81
Lunch and Program Enjoyed
From the feed lots the crowd re-
paired to the gymnasium room in
the new building where a hot
cafeteria lunch was served. The
ladies of the various Womens'
clubs of the valley had prepared
hundreds of sandwiches, scores Of
pies and bushels to hot beans and
coffee. Well over three hundred