Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1916 — CATTLE FEEDERS MEET AT PURDUE [ARTICLE]

CATTLE FEEDERS MEET AT PURDUE

Spring Meeting of State Associatttfh Will Show R< suits of Ration Experiments.

The annual spring meeting of the association has been called by President J. E. Wilson, WSngate, to meet in Lafayette, Ind., Saturday, May 6, 1916. One of the chief objects of these coOTvenrtaons is to permit the cattle feeders of the state to inspect the experimental cattle and to hear a report of the coat of production. The cattle will 'be ready fear market on the day off the convention. The following rations are being fed: Lot IS—Sheilled com (limited), cottonseed meal 2Mi pounds daily per 1000 pounds live weight, clover hay, corn ail age. Lot 2—Shelled com, cottonseed meal 214 pounds, clover hay. Lot 3 —Shelled earn, cottonseed meal 214 pounds daily per 1000 lbs., alfalfa hay. Lot 4—Shelled com, cottonseed meal 2% pounds daily per 1000 lbs., clover hay, com silage. Lot s—Shelled com, cottonseed meal 2Vz pofjnds daily per 1000 ’bs., cane feeding molasses, clover hay, com slilage. Lot 6—Shelled com, Champion rhaiasses feed, clover hay, com ailaige. Lot 7—Shelled com, cottonseed meal 2% pounds daily per 1000 lbs., alfalfa hay, cam silage. The association will have the pleasure of hearing Mr. Rex Bereaford, secretary at the lowa Beef Producers’ Association, speak on making beef. Mr. Beresford will have something off interest for all cattle feeders. All interested in cattle feeding should attend this meeting.