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and are altogether smoother. By reason of these facts they will 

 sell from 10 cents to 25 cents per hundred more on the market, or 

 will add from |1.2u to |2.50 to the value of each steer so fed over 

 and above the economy in the gains already referred to. 



"It may further be stated that the hog following the steer does 

 better when the steer is fed on a legume hay than when the rough- 

 age is material like timothy, prairie hay, corn stover, or straw. 



"Thus we have a four-fold profit from the use of one of these 

 legume hays: First, in the form of cheaper gains: third, in a 

 higher finish and better selling quality; fourth, in the form of 

 increased hog gains." 



Of course, as I pointed out earlier, the effect of these leguminous 

 crops on the land must also be considered. I don't mean to recom- 

 mend this course as the best under all circumstances, but it is one of 

 the two ways of profitably fattening cattle, and I believe that this 

 question of the increased growth of crops is well worth considering 

 as a means of supplying protein. The protein requirements of grow- 

 ing and fattening cattle certainly demand careful consideration. 

 I simply want to impress upon you that it is profitable to supply 

 a reasonable amount of protein so as to utilize the capacity for 

 growth of these animals, and that under most conditions it would 

 probably be to the advantage of the producer — the cheapest way 

 of producing it — to raise this protein in the form of alfalfa or 

 clover or other forage crops, rather than buy it at ordinary market 

 prices. 



The PEESIDENT: Are there any questions you would like to 

 ask Dr. Armsby? Please ask them at once, for we have a full pro- 

 gram. I know the Doctor will be willing to answer them. 



A Member: What is the effect of dried distillers' grains, as com- 

 pared wuth dried brewers' grains, after the distiller has taken 

 from the grain the rye whiskey? 



DR. ARMSBY: I don't can*y the figures in my mind In general, 

 the rye grains are a little richer in protein than the brewers' grains, 

 but I should say that there is probably not a great deal of difference. 



The PRESIDENT: Any more questions? If not w^e will proceed 

 with the program. The next subject on the program is "Fitting 

 Sheep," by Dick Stone. Mr. Stone will now talk to us. 



MR. STONE: I want to thank all the breeders and farmers for 

 the treatment I have received at their hands. I feel like the old 

 man some years ago I met in the lane near my house, stuck in the 

 mud, and he couldn't get out. Of course, I unhitched my team 

 and pulled him out, and after I had him out, the old man offered 

 me some money; but, of course, I wasn't used to that; then as we 

 parted he said,' "My friend, I hope to God I'll see you in the same 

 condition some day." 



A few days ago I had a little talk with the farmers in ou-r own 

 county, and, of course, those papers always try to make the best 

 of every thing, so they said it was a model speech. Of course, when 

 I went home, I swelled up a little, and I said to my wife how proud 

 she ought to be to have such a man. Then my little boy, who was 

 back in the corner studying his lessons for the next day, piped up 

 and said, "Papa, do you know what the definition of a model is?" 



39—7—1908. 



