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cattle, but probably their actual value does not differ widely. In a 

 trial by Burns at the Texas Station 29 with 2-year-old steers milo chop 

 proved equal to corn chop in rate and economy of gain, and in a trial 

 with calves fed for baby beef by Jones at the Spur, Texas, Branch Sta- 

 tion 30 ground feterita heads were fully equal per ton to ground ear 

 corn, including husks. In this trial ground milo heads were not of quite 

 as high value as ground feterita heads. (238-9) 



743. Enuner. For the northern part of the Great Plains region emmer 

 ranks high as a grain for fattening cattle. (233) Altho in 2 trials by 

 Wilson at the South Dakota Station 31 it proved fully equal to corn, its 

 usual value will probably be slightly lower than that of corn, because it 

 resembles oats in composition and is much higher than corn in fiber. It 

 should be an excellent concentrate to use in starting cattle on feed. 

 (740) Fed to calves fattened for baby beef at the South Dakota Sta- 

 tion, 32 emmer produced a hard fat the same as did oats, and the meat was 

 of as good quality as that from corn. Emmer should be crushed or 

 ground for cattle. 



744. Millet. The seed of hog or broom-corn millet, which is a re- 

 liable grain crop on the northern plains, is a satisfactory feed for fatten- 

 ing cattle. (243) In a trial by "Wilson and Skinner at the South Dakota 

 Station 33 calves fattened for baby beef on ground hog millet seed and 

 clover hay gained 1.5 Ibs. per head daily, while others fed corn and 

 clover hay gained 1.8 Ibs. The millet was worth about three-fourths as 

 much, pound for pound, as corn. It produced carcasses of as good 

 quality as did corn, but with somewhat softer fat. 



745. Rough rice and rice by-products. In the South low-grade rough 

 rice, unsuited for human consumption, and also rice bran, a by-product 

 of the rice mills, are often economical feeds for cattle. (234) In a trial 

 by Burns at the Texas Station 34 rice bran was worth 14 per ct. more a 

 ton than ground milo heads, fed with silage and cottonseed meal, tho it 

 was less palatable than the milo. In trials by Craig and Marshall, also 

 at the Texas Station, 35 rice polish was about equal to cottonseed meal, 

 and 10 Ibs. of rice bran were equal to 6 Ibs. of cottonseed meal when 

 forming 40 per ct. of the concentrates. Rice hulls proved to be without 

 value. Red rice, a pest in the rice fields, is satisfactory for fattening 

 cattle, when ground. 36 



746. Sugar-beet pulp; beet tops. In the vicinity of the western beet 

 sugar factories thousands of cattle are fattened annually on beet pulp 

 with alfalfa hay, which admirably supplements this feed, that is low in 

 both protein and lime. A limited allowance of grain is also usually fed 

 in addition. Often the steers are fed a limited allowance of beet molasses, 



M Tex. Bui. 110. ^S. D. Bui. 97. 



^Am. Soc. Anim. Prod., Proceedings, 1921, pp. 16-21. "Tex. Bui. 182. 



31 S. D. Bui. 160. "Tex. Buls. 76, 86. 



82 S. D. Bui. 97. "Cruse, Tex. Bui. 135. 



