Experiment Station Record, Volume 43, July-December, 1920 Page: 69
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1920] ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 69
period they received the late-cut silage they produced 0.75 lb. more milk
containing 0.025 lb. more butter fat per day per cow than when fed the earlycut
silage..... It is impossible to draw definite and guiding conclusions
as to the proper stage of maturity for cutting sunflowers from this one experiment."Six cows were used in a comparison of chopped green sunflowers and chopped
green corn as supplements to pasture through two 28-day periods. During sunflower
feeding the cows maintained their weight better than during corn feeding
(when one cow went off. feed), consumed somewhat more feed, and gave
slightly more milk, and it is concluded that " chopped green sunflowers 30 to
40 per cent in bloom were equal to chopped green corn in the roasting ear
stage as a soiling crop for dairy cows."
A comparison of sunflower silage and alfalfa hay in the winter ration of
breeding ewes and a similar comparison (preliminary) with brood sows indicated
in both cases that 2.5 lbs. of the silage is equivalent to 1 lb. of the hay.
The approximate daily ration of a pregnant ewe during sunflower feeding
consisted of 3 lbs. of alfalfa hay, 2.2 lbs. of the silage, and 0.2 lb. of oats.
"No unfavorable results were obtained from feeding the silage to breeding
ewes either before, during, or after lambing."
Four samples of sunflower silage taken at different depths had the following
percentage composition: Crude protein 2.1, ether extract 0.5, crude fiber
6.8, other nitrogen-free extract 10.4, and ash 1.6. A digestion trial by W. E.
Joseph and M. J. Blish (to be reported in detail later) indicated 1.24 lbs.
digestible protein, 0.37 lb. digestible fat, and 10.13 lbs. digestible carbohydrate
(including fiber), in 100 lbs. of the silage.
Commercial feeding stuffs, quarterly report, July 1 to September 30,
1919, E. G. PROULX ET AL. (Indiana Sta. Bul. 232 (1919), pp. 3-60, figs. 2).This
bulletin tabulates the proximate composition of 800 samples of feeding
stuffs and the ingredients identified. The materials analyzed included alfalfa
meal, barley feed, barley hulls, brewers' dried grains, corn bran, corn feed
meal, corn germ meal, corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal, hominy feed, cottonseed
meal, linseed meal, ground flaxseed screenings, rye middlings, wheat
bran, middlings, red dog, wheat mixed feed, unhulled peanut oil-feed, tankage,
meat scrap, and a variety of proprietary stock and poultry feeds, calf meals,
and condimental foods.
Commercial feeding stuffs and registrations for 1919, C. S. CATHCART
(New Jersey Stas. Bul. 336 (1919)}, pp. 5-60).--The report is made on 840
samples of feeding stuffs collected under the State law in 1919. Data as to
the moisture, protein, fat and fiber content of the following products are given:
Alfalfa meal, brewers' dried grains, yeast dried grains, malt sprouts, barley
mixed feed, barley flour, buckwheat feed, buckwheat middlings, buckwheat offal,
coconut oil meal, cottonseed feed, cottonseed meal, corn feed meal, corn gluten
feed, corn gluten meal, corn and cob meal, hominy feed, corn and oats, dried
beet pulp, linseed meal, peanut oil meal, rye bran, rye middlings, wheat bran,
wheat feeding flour, wheat mixed feed, wheat middlings, wheat and rye middlings,
and various proprietary mixed feeds, calf meals, and poultry feeds. The
moisture, protein, fat, and phosphoric acid in samples of meat scrap, cracklings,
and digester tankage are also reported. The prices of 17 feeding stuffs
in 1919 and in the three preceding years are tabulated.
Karakule sheep and Persian lamb fur production, G. E. O'BRIEN (Canada
Dept. Agr-, Live Stock Branch Pamphlet 15 (1918), pp. 3-8, figs. 5).-A popular
account of the production of Karakule wool (Broad-tail, Persian lamb, and
Astrakan fur) in Canada. In Nova Scotia, it is stated, Karakule rams are
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