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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1919)
-1 FARM r r 4 1 ANIMALS EXTRA FEED FATTENS CATTLE Cettonieed Cake as Supplement to Summer Pasture Increases Mate rlally Hate of Gains. (Prepared by the United States lcprt m"nt of Agriculture.) Feeding cottonseed cnko to steers as a supplement to summer pasture In crcflBos materially the rate of galni made by tho animal, causes them To finish more quickly and take on n high er decree bf, finish, am! Increases the margin between the buying ami sclllnt; prices, specialists of the Uulted States department of agriculture say In llul letln 777, Just published by the depart ment. The bulletin is a rejwrt ofi ex periments in fattening steers on sum mer pasture conducted co-opera tircly by the department and tho Alabama experiment station In 101.1 and 1913, and the Mississippi experiment station in 1015 and 1010. All the experiments were carried out under actual and typical farmcondl tlons. Consequently the results may be applied directly in many regions to the management and feeding of cattle on pasture. 'In eaeli experiment, groups of steers were kept on pas ture alone; on pasture with a supple mentary feed of one-half corn chop and one-half cottonseed cake; and on pas-- ture with a supplementary feed of cot tonseed cake. The average dally gains for each animal, which may be consid ered the most valuable standard in Judging the efficiency of rations, were 3.40 pounds for the steers getting pas- turetilyl.88peflnds for the steers getting cetteneted cake with pasture . and 1.53peBd fef those W pasture supplemented by the mixture of cake and cera'chof. , V ij, Tbe'tejtii'i cost &TU steers jhjt 1W, poundstet the three ?roupsv vows 'Uie, same foraay ee year, but -kieac case the'steers ea pasi'are alone mM for a lower, price. The mnrgtes be tween the buykaff asd selling prices of the cattle '(were always ia favor of those which were fed supplements with their pastures- The margins aver aged less than 23 cents a hundred pounds for the steers on pasture alone, compared to 00 cents for animals which were fed cottonseed cake with pasture, and 81'4 cents for the anl saals whose pasture was supplemented with the mixture of cake and com Chop. After the animals had been nFT-' w ,t a ,' - DHVBHBBBBBBMklte.9 JBaaaaaaaanBa al-aaaaaBaaaaaaaaa. IBaaaaaaaaaaV ' BBBalaaaaaV-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa iBSMvrBMHHn - - aBBBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBa n i' laaajaaaaurf" niaWaMaaaaal NMHsMtlik' TvIT2,r?M !- ,-ST7fILi l5i?w r"g?iw CJSfcr'is- Steers Receiving Supplementary Cot tonseed Cake on Pasture Gained 1.63 Poinds Apiece .Dally. butchered Inspection showed that the eteera which jvore fed cottoneed cake, or a mixture of cake una corn witn pnsture dressed out higher than the cattle whlrh had pasture ulone. While the steers that had pasture alone made gains cheaply, the total gains were not large, and the steers lid not take, on a high flnlMi. Their unfinished condition Im reflected In the small murglu on whlcl they were sold and low dressing percentages. Tims the profits they returm-d were smaller than for the steers. In the other two groups. ' i The cost of gains of steers on pas ture is greatly .increased by feeding cottonseed cake.-lt was found, but the better market price recelvcdVor cake fed cattle usually pays for tho addi tional cost of feeding cake, and rc- turns u greater average profit than' is realized on the grass-fed cattle. One of the distinct advantages of supple menting pasture for concentrates Is the fuct that steers o handled can be finished more quickly and can be mar keted curlier thun steers getting grass alone. Thus the cattle can bo sold be fore the rush of grans-fed cattle gluts the market and dcpresices prices. Moreover, when cattle are marketed early, thp pastures have time to re cuperate and furnish good grazing for other stock during the fall. There Is only one case, says the bul letin, when pasture alone Is prefera ble to pastures with concentrate. Steers of Inferior quality may return wore profit by grazing alone than by grazing with the addition of supple mentary feeds, especially when they are on good pastures that are cheap. Scrub steers do not respond readily to the use of good feeds, and even when well finished do not command satisfactory prices In competition with well-bred cattle similarly finished. The better the quality of the steers, the wafer it Is to give tbem high-priced feeds. Sheep Need Much Water. An Impression prevails that sheep caa'geUalong without water for long periods, but this is wrong. 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Ki:i:i IMtV MAHII Ili;i'01tK FOWLS AT AM TIMKH In, addition to grain and groon feeds, dry mash should bo kopt bo foro growing chicks at nil times after thoy are 3 or i weeks old. It la best '- t 'to food t in a hopper lnsldo the build ing or whore It will nut bu oxposod to rain or wet. If a largo number of chicks oro raised, the mash may bo fed In an outdoor hopper. Tho fol lowing mlxturn mnkos u good dry mash: Two pounda cornmeal, 2 pounds middlings, 1 pound oatmoal, 2 poundB'whe'ut br.int I'pquud beef scrap, and one-fpurth pound uharclal, When a larger quantity isdoslrod It should bo mixed In tho sumo propor tion, Also grit and oyster shell should bo provided, ho that tho chlckH may help thgniMolvoa whonoveu thoy wluh, , You enq (nidi) niiythlni: von Imvo clunslflwl (ids, 4, v T n kJ f. v A 1 i ia.fi, ... --