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Average amount of food consumed hij grade steers 

 from age of 2 to 4 iveeks to age of 24.S months. 



Fir^t year — 



1888 poimds skim milk. 

 258 pounds grain. 

 225 pounds liay 



8 months' pasturage. 



Second year — 

 480 pounds grain, chiefly cotton seed. 

 1276 pounds sorghum hay and corn stover. 

 8I/0 months' pasturage. 



From the above detailed data previously noted we 

 learn that the average cost of feed and pasturage for a 

 steer up to the age of 24.3 months was |18.39. Of this, 

 the cost incurred during the first year for calves dropped 

 in the fall was |10.45 ; the cost of food and pasturage the 

 second year was |7.94. 



The average cost of food per pound of live weight was 

 2.12 cents, which cost could have been reduced if the 

 prime object in feeding these animals had continually 

 been the cheapest production of beef. 



EiCE Meal versus Corn Meal for Calves. 



Calves dr<:>pped in the fall of 1901 were used in this 

 experiment. They Avere grades of the beef breeds. Each 

 calf was fed a moderate ration of skim milk, as much 

 iespedeza (Japan clover) hay as it would eat, and as 

 much of the grain mixture named below as it Avould eat 

 without waste. The calves were first fed for nearly two 

 months on the ration which each was to receive during 

 the experiment proper. 



Dviring these two months the amount of grain eaten 

 was small, and especially during this time the rice meal 



