Value of Various Feeding Stuffs. 



337 



while those previously fed corn gained only 1.5 Ibs. daily. Low- 

 grade or rejected wheat should be used for growing rather than for 

 fattening cattle. (161) 



Rejected wheat compared with corn for steers. 



527. Wheat, oats, and barley. Linfield of the Montana Station 1 

 fed 4 lots, each of eight 936-lb. steers of only fair quality, the fol- 

 lowing rations for 101 days, to compare the value of wheat, oats, 

 barley, and a mixture of these grains, when fed with clover hay. 

 The wheat and oats were crushed, and the barley ground medium 

 fine. 



Wheat, oats, and barley for fattening steers. 



The table is worthy of careful study by western stockmen who can 

 avail themselves of the feeds employed. The several grains were 

 about equally effective. The clover hay of the Rocky Mountain re- 

 gion often equals alfalfa hay in feeding value. (169, 171) 



528. Barley v. bran and shorts. At the North Dakota Station 2 

 Shepperd fed 2 lots, each of five 2-yr.-old, 1050-lb. range steers of 



1 Bui. 58. 

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2 Bui. 33. 



