Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-03-18
Will Combine livestock Day
and Conference at Haure

have been obtained. These results, he ad
vises, will be ready for presentation and
discussion at the Livestock Day meetings,
During the past winter there have been II
lots Of cattle In the beef cattle experiments.
Five lots of cows have been used In the
experiments to determine the best adapted
methods of wiDtering COWS, two tests hav-
Ing been conducted on growing heifer
calves. two on growing y~earling heifers
and two on fattening steer calves.
Some of the questions which the beef
cattle tests hope TO answer are as follows
% Can hin lows maintain their weight
throughout the winter on one pound OF cot
tonseed cake and straw per head daily ?
(2) What Is the replacement value OF cot
tonseed cake In terms Of alfalfa hay so
that stockmen may determine when to buy
cake and when to buy hayf go Are sheds
necessary or desirable when protected will
low bottoms are ayailablef (4) What is the
minimum acreage and amount OF corn fod-
der needed to winter a cow during a severe
winter following a cry summerr co. What
effect Will five pounds of alfalfa hay per
head daily have on corn fodder ration ?
go How does bluejoint hay compare with
alfalfa for wintering calves7 Trials to de-
termine this question have been carried on
for six years during which alfalfa has
proved best four times and bluejoint two
times
which last winters experiments were con-
cerned Is whether or not eottonseed cake
can be used for growing out yearling heif-
ers, and II so, how much should be fed to
give best resultsf
Experiments with various combinations
of Montnna-grown feeds started several
years ago were continued last winter and
much additional information will be avail
able at the Livestock Day meeting. These
experiments deal with such questions as,
what effect does the winter ration of cows
have on the weight of calves? Is there
any relation between the weight of the
COW and the weight of the calf? How
much SHOULD breeding COWS gain or lose
during a winterf
In answer to the question. Does it pay
to use good bulls p the Station has fed
out two lots of calves during the past
winter. one lot containing only scrubs aud
the other only high grade calves.
In the hog experiments ii was found that
even though last summer was exceedingly
dry and growing conditions poor, favor
able results were obtained from hogging-
off corn. Records show that 1t was one of
he poorest corr years in the history of the
Four lots of hogs were used in the
corn feld-one without supplements. one
with tankage. one with alfalfa and one
with alfalfa and tankage.
During the past season the station has
its work with feeding rye TO hogs
and results of former tests were substanti-
ated. 1t appears now, however, that rye,
which jumped TO prominence over night,
may lose out to Durum wheat in the In
teresting effort to determine the best feed
for fattening hogs In northern Montana.
The Northern Montana station now has
35 head of vi purpose COWS as a breed
Ing unit for developing a strain of cattle
will fit in with the general farming
coalitions OF the northern part Of the state.
Most Of these cows will be milking at the
time OF the Livestock Day meeting and will
be OF particular interest to the diversified
A farmers livestock judging contest has
been 1ng for the meeting by e. B.
Duncan, county agent of Hill county. Beef
hogs, sheep and probably dual pur-
pose cows Will be judged. A special noon
lunch will be served at the experiment
station, with pork from a Durum wheat
fed pig as the main feature.