USE'OF FROTEIN SUPFLEMENT
(cont'd from Fage 2.)
Keep this question in mind: Which form
of protein feed (as listed above) will
be cheapest to buy?" On the sack it
should tell you what per cent protein is
available. By "available" we mean how
much is there which is in a form that can
be used in the animal's body - that which
does riot go on through undigested.
Suppose'fish meal was 50a available
protein, and tankSge 45a available
protein, and both sold for $4.00 a
hundred. Naturally the fish meal would
be worth mere or would be cheaper because
there is mere protein useful to the stock
and the prices are the sane.
In thi,s case each unit or per cent of
protein in'Fish meal costs you 8/ (.08
x .$0 - v4,00). The protein in the tank
age costs you B.8^ a unit.
Now under actual conditions the warehouse
at my last inquiry, was selling Fish
meal ('4 7a available) for $2.90 and Tank
age (60;: available) for $4.45, Linseed
Oil Meal (32a) for $4,25, Meat Scrap (50^
at ><?4.45. That makes Meat Scrap more
expensive than Tankage so let’s forget
Meat Scrap, Let's see which is cheaper
Tankage or Fish meal:
Tankage - 60% - $4,45 - protein - 7.4/Ib
Fish meal -47$ - 02.90- protein - 6.2/lb
Fish meal is cheapest so let’s forget
Tankage for a while at least until the
good buy'we are getting on Fish Ileal is
all gone, for the Fish Ileal you can new
get at the Warehouse is about as good a
buy as you can ever"expect in Alaska on
protein supplements.
Linseed meal costs you a little over 13/
a pound for the protein. Now the farmer
will have the idea he can feed all fish
meal and no Linseed meal but don’t do
that. If you go too strong on the Fish
meal the milk will taste fiShy, Mr, I.M.
C. Anderson, Livestock Specialist, re
commends the following ration for the
Dairy cow.
(Noxt column)
Ground or hulless barley
Ground oats
Wheat bran
Linseed Meal
Fish Ileal
200 pounds
300 pounds
250 pounds
200 pounds
50 pounds
He states that fish meal nay be substi
tuted pound for pound for Linseed Oil
meal up to one-third so that the above
ration could read*
This would save the farmer about $2,00
for each 100 pounds of available protein
in his meal to make this change. Cows
not in the habit of eating fish meal may
not like it and have to be taught to eat
it before starting them in on a regular
dairy mixture containing fish meal; there
fore, keep the fish meail separate and
mix in a little by hand until they become
accustomed to it. If there is no fish
taste in the milk one might safely raise
the Fish Meal up to 85 or even 90 pounds,
cutting Linseed Oil meal in proportion
’but it would not be good practice to go
higher with the Fish Meal, The above
ration should be fed each cow separately,
■For each gallon of milk produced feed
'about 3 pounds of grain plus all the hay
they will eat. This information is for
the farmer who raises his grain, I do
not advocate braying grain at $3,50 to
feed cows and sell fat for 40^, 'Neither
do I recommend starving the cows, because
if they are starved the farmer is the
loser anyway he looks at it.
Linseed Meal
Fish Meal
167 pounds
83 pounds
If you cannot feed "rain then it would
be a wise plan to increase the quality
of your hay crop by sawing more peas with
the oats. Peas are rich in protein and
will go a long way toward replacing
grain mixtures and keeping old Bossy’s
bones from rattling.
Bring your individual problems to the
Extension Service and let us help you
figure your rations for all livestock
according to the feeds you have on hand.
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