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similar results were secured. In two trials by Wilson at the South 

 Dakota Station 13 and in a trial by Haney at the Hays, Kansas, Branch 

 Station, 18 steers fed ground barley made slightly less rapid gains than 

 others fed corn, but required no more feed for 100 Ibs. gain. 



Steers fed barley and alfalfa hay in a trial by Martin and Leiper at 

 the Colorado Station 17 made nearly as rapid gains as others fed corn and 

 alfalfa, and barley proved to be worth only 5 per ct. less than corn per 

 ton. Similar results were secured in a trial by Foster and Simpson at 

 the New Mexico Station 18 with steers fed ground corn or ground barley 

 with alfalfa hay and a small allowance of cottonseed meal. In this trial 

 ground barley was worth only 4 per ct. less per ton than ground corn 

 per ton. 



In only one trial has considerably more feed been required for 100 

 Ibs. gain on barley than on corn. This was in a recent comparison by 

 Peters and Carnes at the Minnesota Station 19 in which ground barley 

 was worth about 22 per ct. less than shelled corn per ton, taking into 

 consideration the greater feed requirement for 100 Ibs. gain on barley 

 and also the smaller amount of pork produced by the hogs following the 

 steers fed barley. 



739. Wheat. This grain is seldom fed to cattle except when off grade 

 or unusualty low in price. As wheat is less palatable than corn, steers 

 may not eat so much and hence they may make slightly smaller gains. 

 Otherwise, the feeding value of wheat is as high as that of corn or 

 barley. 20 (215) It should be crushed or ground for cattle. 



Low-grade, shrunken wheat is usually richer in protein than plump 

 wheat and seems to tend to produce growth rather than to fatten cattle, 

 according to results secured at the North Dakota Station 21 in a trial by 

 Shepperd and Richards. 



740. Oats. Since oats are usually high in price compared with other 

 grains, they are seldom used as the chief concentrate for fattening, tho 

 they are well liked by cattle and produce beef of good quality. (223) 

 Oats tend to cause growth in cattle rather than to fatten them rapidly, 

 because they are much bulkier and higher in fiber than corn or barley, 

 and also richer in protein than corn. Hence they are more widely used 

 for growing cattle than during fattening. They are also useful for 

 mixing with corn in starting cattle on feed, especially calves being fed 

 for baby beef. (819) For cattle, oats should be ground or crushed, as 

 any whole grains escaping mastication are not so readily recovered by 

 pigs as are the grains of corn. 



1B S. D. Bui. 160. 

 "Kan. Bui. 128. 



"Colo. Station, Information Bui., Jan. 1918. 

 18 N. Mex. Bui. 101. 

 '"Information to the authors. 



^Haney, Kan. Bui. 128; Linfield, Mont. Bui. 58; Burnett and Smith, Nebr. 

 Bui. 75. 



"N. D. Bui. 73. 



