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Feeds and Feeding. 



At the close of the trial the cows in Lot III were in poor condi- 

 tion, having made but small gain. The cows of Lots I and II, which 

 had made good gains, appeared about the same until after calving, 

 when those in Lot I, which had been fed silage, were in decidedly 

 superior form. It required the feed grown on one- third of an acre 

 to support a cow making fair gains for 140 days with Lots I and II, 

 and that from one-fifth of an acre to little more than maintain a 

 cow of Lot III. 



500. Wintering yearlings without grain. At the Missouri Sta- 

 tion 1 during each of 4 winters Waters fed lots of 4 or 5 high-grade 

 yearling Hereford and Short-horn steers each for periods of 49 to 92 

 days. These steers, rather thin in flesh and averaging about 725 

 Ibs. in weight, were fed the following roughages of medium quality, 

 without grain, with the results shown below: 



Roughages for wintering yearling steers without grain. 



*Four trials. 



FT wo trials. 



It is shown that yearling steers in thin condition made only a small 

 gain when wintered on timothy hay alone. Those fed whole or 

 shredded field-cured corn stover lost in weight, while on ensiled stover 

 or stover and clover hay there were substantial gains. 



501. Wintering yearlings with a limited grain allowance. Dur- 

 ing 4 winters Waters 2 compared various roughages when fed to 

 yearling steers without limit with a limited allowance of shelled 

 corn. Lots of 4 steers each, similar to those fed in the preceding 

 trials and averaging about 750 Ibs. in weight, were fed the rations 

 given below for periods of 66 to 120 days with the results shown 

 on the next page. 



The steers fed whole corn stover with an allowance of 3.8 Ibs. of 

 shelled corn per day lost 0.32 Ib. each daily. Those fed equal parts of 

 stover and clover hay gained 1.37 Ibs. each daily, requiring only 400 

 Ibs. of corn and 1,754 Ibs. of roughage for 100 Ibs. of gain. Waters 

 points out that stover serves best when combined with a limited quan- 



1 Bui. 75. 



2 Loc. cit. 



