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ration is noted as an important feature. In 

 comparing the original, or regular dairy ration 

 with the recommended ration of the station, it 

 was shown that the average cow, instead of 

 shrinking in her milk during the period, as she 

 normally would have done on a uniform ration, 

 gained appreciably on the recommended ration ; 

 the increase in milk flow amounting to 1.29 

 cents per cow per day, which, with the saving 

 in cost of food and the increased value of the 

 manure, made a net saving of 2.02 cents as a 

 result of the substitution of the recommended 

 ration of more protein. A series of tests were 

 made at the Minnesota Station, to determine 

 whether or not steers could be raised on the 

 farm in competition with those raised on the 

 great cattle ranges of the farther west. Calves 

 were selected and fed suitable farm products, 

 such as any farmer could grow, and the man- 

 agement included no details that the average 

 farmer could not follow. The results were very 

 satisfactory, showing that, while the initial cost 

 of producing steers on the range was much 

 less, beef could be grown profitably under 

 normal farm conditions; that the quality was 

 of the very best; while it was clearly shown 



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