Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-10
Work OF County
Farm Displayed
At Open House


More than lao farmers attend
d the Beef Cattle Open House
Il the Madison County Expert
ment Farm Thursday afternoon
the Madison County Extension
Office reported.
II. w. Rogers, Manager of the
Madison County Farm and Paul
Gerlaugh, Acting Chairman of the
Animal Science Department, Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Wooster, reported on the three
lots of cattle on feed during the
past year; namely: ID q head on
meadow-crop silage plus hay;
(2) on corn and cob meal. sup
plement and hay; (3) corn silage,
supplement and hay.
Mr.. Gerlaugh said that the lot
of cattle fed meadow-crop silage
gained II pounds per head per
day, costing $1733 per cwt. of
gain and producing 35S pounds
gain per acre; the lot fed corn
and cob gained 2.09 lbs. per head
per day, costing $21.76 per cwt.
of gain, producing 504 pounds
gain per acre; the lot fed corn
silage gained 1.9 pounds per
head per day, costing $18.15 per
cwt. of gain, producing 595 pounds
gain per acre.
The mixture from which mea-
dow-crop silage was made in
cluded timothy, bronze grass, alf-
alta and clover. 1t makes up two
years of the four-year rotation;
corn, wheat and two years OF
meadow.
Although experiment station
personnel point out that that in
formation from the test is mot
conclusive" they believe it does
indicate meadow-crop silage" has
q definite place in Ohio Agricul-
ture." The. progress report indi-
Gates meadow-crop silage is
doing as well in the test as
corn .silage and corn and cob meal
from the standpoint of cost of
gains per hundred.
Cattle on test are 70 be fol
lowed across the butchers block,
however, so final results are still
to come. 1t was the opinion Of cat
tlemen attending beef cattle open
house that the three lots of cattle
would rank in this order on the
market Thursday. Corn and cob
meal-fed cattle, first; corn silage-
fed cattle, second and meadow
crop silage-fed cattle, third.
Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Gerlaugh
agreed meadow-crop silage in
wolves other advantages that will
weigh in its favor. Meadow crop
silage comes from grass and le-
gumes which help prepare for
higher yields of other grains. j..
L. Haynes, experiment station
agronomist, pointed out that
silage provides a way to use pro-
ducts from grassland farming
a recommended conserving type
of agriculture.
G. F. Rogers, station agronom-
ist, pointed out that farmer
has more chances" with meadow
crop silage than with corn. When
corn is removed for silage, there's
nothing left but the Stabble. "
Meadow-crop silage can be made
from one meadow-crop cutting
while another cutting can furnish
hay or pasture. He also pointed
out that meadow-crop silage
comes from a younger plan"
than corn silage and produces
more and better quality protein.
He compared meadow crop sill
age to hay pointing out that you
can not get good hay every year
because of the weather" Weather
does not prevent producing q
high percentage of feed" from
meadow crops that are ensiled
Reporting results of another
test to compare gain of cattle or
pasture alone with gain of cattle
on pastures, corn and soybear
meal, Mr. Gerlaugh again pointed
out the value of grass and ie
gumes. Gain of cattle on pasturs
alone amounted to 430 pound!
per acre, Steers gained 382 pounds
r per acre on pasture, corn anC
Y soybean meal.
5 Earlier in the day, the groul
heard L. l.. Rummell, Dean o
!, the College of Agriculture, Ohit
4 State University and Director 0
| the Experiment Station. Mr. Rum
: nell praised the contributions ant
t management of the farm and TIN
Q cooperation of commissioners an,
7 farmers in Madison County.
: Paul Bangham. of the Sol
Conservation Service, told thl
/; farmers that the experimen
=, farms use of grass furnishes
: good example of Soil Conserva
t tion Service recommendation
John Moore, County Agricultural
S Agent. and T. f. Wondering
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