Prosser Experiment Sheds Light on Alfalfa and Corn for Lambs

Very little difference was found in the value of first, second and third cuttings of alfalfa hays as feed for the first three pens of 25 lambs each, shown at the fourth annual Feeders Day of the Irrigation Branch Experiment Station at Prosser by State College of Washington animal husbandry men for sheepmen and ranchers, March 14. A second group of six lots of lambs were fed local and eastern corn, local barley, oats, wheat and speltz. Corn proved a superior and cheaper feed. There was little difference between the two kinds of corn. Barley, speltz and wheat all proved about the same in feeding efficiency. The wheat was higher in price this year. Oats was not satisfactory as a fattening grain, one pound being required to equal half a pound of corn. In lots fed less than three-quarters of a pound of grain, silage proved a valuable addition to the rations. In lots receiving one pound to a pound and a half of grain, the addition of silage did not add value to the rations.