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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
6
The notice lists weekly issues issued on Saturdays and details subscription terms per year in advance. It notes establishment on March 2, 1879 and references a date June 7, 117 54 possibly as part of the payment or issue sequence.
Professor F D Fuller explains that dairy feeds draw on grain byproducts from mills glucose factories malt houses and alcohol production. These byproducts like dried grains and cottonseed meal boost protein and fat, supporting milk production. limited supplies would hit dairies hard.
An analysis warns farmers that many so called cheap feeds are low grade and misrepresented. It urges reading agricultural bulletins to identify dependable brands and notes higher protein feeds yield better returns. It discusses cornmeal by products, water needs for milking cows, and the economics of selling grains for mixed feeds amid rising costs.
Digestible nutrient and energy value tables from Servon-Armsby Corrections. Kellner notes on methodological aspects and amendments to data interpretation.
In the National Crop Improvement section it is urged that straw, though low in feeding value, has high fertilizing value and should be spread on fields rather than burned. The practice to use straw to prevent winter-killing of wheat is well established.
An analysis rejects standard digestible nutrient tables for cow feed. It argues digestible food is unreliable, as energy is spent in digestion or lost as gas, and straw returns to soil. Instead it advocates matching protein and energy to a cow’s maintenance and milk yield, using station guidelines rather than universal ratios.
The text explains organic matter includes fat protein and carbohydrates while mineral matter is inorganic. It notes animals can live on protein but need fat or carbohydrates for energy, detailing roles of protein ash and energy, and how needs vary for growing, adult, and pregnant animals.
The editorial argues few stores stock all first class mixed feed ingredients at once and at fair prices. It notes competition drives down quality, while many buyers avoid high prices for top quality. Experiment stations promote self mixing but farmers often rely on branded feeds. Mixed feeds can include home grown grains and widen ration to cut costs.
Nitrogen dominates feed value and manure quality, with the Connecticut Experiment Station finding average mixed fertilizer at 2.95 percent nitrogen and eighteen of fifty-two feeds at 3.93 percent. Feeds like cottonseed and linseed meals, gluten, middlings, brewers and distillers products show higher protein. Malt sprouts deserve more dairyman attention, as do dried brewers grains, noted for high analysis and low cost among high-grade feeds. A high-grade mixed feed should be high in protein and digestible, mixable with corn, oats, barley, or hay, and aimed at saving farmers money.
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