364 Bulletin 91 



RATIONS 

 The experiment was planned after consulting many local feeders 

 who have made a careful study of the business. It was finally decided 

 to use rations bulky in character, similar to those most frequently 

 used in the district. Cattle are not made prime in Arizona. The 

 local market pays as much for half-finished cattle as for those that are 

 fat. Since the last hundred pounds of gain usually requires a longer 

 time and more feed, as well as a ratiorj of more concentrated nature, 

 local feeders prefer to give only' small amounts of grains. The lots 

 receiving cottonseed meal were limited to a maximum of three pounds 

 per steer daily, and at no time was more than six pounds of ground 

 milo maize fed to a steer. The animals receiving silage or hay were 

 given all of either or both of these feeds they would consume. The 

 various lots received a bulky ration not suitable for making large or 

 rapid gains. The rations supplied the animals are given in Table III. 



TABLE IIJ.— RATIONS FED THE DIFFERENT LOTS 



The steers in Lot I received all the loose alfalfa hay they would 

 eat; no other feed was given them. Lot II was fed a combination of 

 alfalfa hay and sorghum silage. The aim was to supply each lot 

 with as much of these rations as they would consume and not have 

 any left over. Lot III received a ration of all the silage they would 

 eat together with 2.66 pounds of cottonseed meal per head daily. 

 The steers in Lot IV were given all the silage and alfalfa hay they 

 would eat and in addition an average of 2.66 pounds of cottonseed 

 meal per head daily. This lot was a combination of Lots II and III 

 from the standpoint of feed. Lot V. was allowed all the silage they 

 would eat and 2.66 pounds of cottonseed meal per head daily and 

 5.70 pounds of ground milo maize. This lot was fed the same as 

 Lot III but given the addition of a light feed of grain. The cattle 

 in Lot VI were given all four of the feeds, being allowed all the silage 



