ANIMAL PBOD1 I TION. 



months of age. . ... The Length of suckling period recommended for calves 

 intended for baby beef varies from l week to 10 months. Three-fourths of all the 

 replies, however, recommend periods from 5 to 7 months in length. . . . 



■• \ summary of the replies concerning the length of suckling period for calves nol 

 intended for babj beef Bhows thai approximate!} three-fourths of all the replies 

 name periods from 5 to 7 months in length." Of tli" concentrated feeds for the pro- 

 duction of baby beef, corn was placed first in nearly half of the replies and oats in 

 one-third, with bran, oil meal, corn and oal meal, barley, cotton-seed meal, gluten 

 meal, wheat, and rye ranking nexl in the order named. 



The comparison of tin- data relating to the feeding of calves and yearlings indicates 

 that "concentrated feeds are generally regarded as mosl important in the feeding of 

 calves, while for yearlings roughages seem to be considered of mosl consequence. 

 . . . Corn is more highly regarded for yearlings than for calves, while the reverse 

 is true of <>at>. The grinding of corn, however, appears to be considered more 

 necessary in the ease of yearlings. Clover hay is ranked much more highly for 

 calves while for yearlings Btraw, varieties of hay other than clover, and corn-stalk 

 fields are mentioned more prominently." 



In general, the information gathered indicated thai feeding beef cattle for market 

 is a minor factor in Illinois cattle-feeding operations. (For earlier work -<■<■ I .8 I.'.. 

 16, pp. 805, 1112.) 



The making- of Prime Scots beef ( Breeder's Gaz., ;; I 1905 I, No. 18, pp. 86 

 figs. ./>. — A descriptive article regarding the breeding and feeding for market of the 

 best grade of beef cattle produced in Greal Britain and known a.- "Prime Scots." 



The animals are marketed when 1 or 2 years old; are pastured in summer and fed 

 during the winter on straw and roots. In many cases cake or grain is given for 3 

 months before marketing and at all times the animals are fed with greal care. 



Comparison of methods of preparing corn and clover hay for fattening 

 steers, II. W. Mumford (Illinois Sta. Bui. 103, pp. 43-98, figs. 11). — This experiment 

 was made to compare the economy of feeding corn on the ear, in the shock, shelled, 

 and ground as corn meal and as corn-and-cob meal, and the advantages of chaffing 

 clover hay. Theeconomy of supplementing corn with nitrogenous ivr^U like gluten 

 meal and linseed meal, when an abundance of clover hay is fed, was also studied. 

 ( lorn silage formed a part of the coarse fodder of one lot. 



One hundred and thirty 2-year-old steers were used, which were divided into 10 lots; 

 and each lot was followed by pigs. The steers were fed in open -heels, the yards 

 adjoining being paved with brick except in the ease of one lot. 



Altera week"- preliminary feeding the tesl began November 28 and continued for 

 186 days. I'ntil full feed was reached in the fifth month the amount of corn rap- 

 {plied per day was gradually increased. The maximum amount fed was not far 

 from one-third of a bushel per head per day. The nitrogenous im\ consisted of 



gluten meal in the firsl half of the experiment and linseed meal iii the la>t half, the 



thange being made for the Bake of variety. To the lots receiving this supplemenl it 

 was fed in about the proportion of hi lbs. per bushel of corn, the greatest amount 

 being given to the lots receh ing the corn-and-cob meal. 



The largest gain, 2.45 lbs. per steer per day, was noted with the lot fed com-and- 

 coh meal, nitrogenous grain i^->->\. and chaffed hay. Nearly as large gains (2.32 to 

 1.38 lbs.) were made by the lots fed unchaffed hay and the nitrogenous fed with 

 porn-and-cob meal, corn meal, of car corn. Considering all the lots the average 

 daily u r ain was 2.2n lbs. per steer per day. The dry matter required per pound of 

 ■sin ranged from hi.:;.") lbs. with the lol ii-<\ silage and corn meal to L3.42 lbs. with 

 the l.>t fed shocked corn and ear corn. 



The cost of a pound of ._rain ranged from 5.9 ets. with the lot led ear corn without 

 the addition of nitrogenous concentrates to 7.9 cts. with the lot fed corn meal and 

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