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Feeds and Feeding. 



cant and possibly fundamental fact. The successful use of farm- 

 grown clover in place of the expensive purchased gluten meal should 

 not be overlooked in studying this experiment. 



548. Feeding alfalfa hay only. Vernon and Scott of the New 

 Mexico Station, 1 when feeding 2-yr.-old range steers averaging 550 

 Ibs. each solely on alfalfa hay, secured a total gain of 205 Ibs. per 

 steer, with an average daily gain of 1.7 Ibs., 1,100 Ibs. of alfalfa hay 

 being eaten for each 100 Ibs. of gain. The marked economy of alfalfa 

 for feeding steers for the local markets in the Western alfalfa dis- 

 tricts is here shown. (245) 



True and McConnell of the Arizona Station, 2 after 6 feeding trials, 

 conclude that, where no concentrates are fed, alfalfa hay alone is 

 about equal in feeding value to alfalfa hay combined with such rough- 

 ages as corn, kafir, and sweet sorghum. Where water is abundant 

 alfalfa hay is cheaper than the other roughages, but where it is in 

 scant supply or the soil is excessively alkaline, kafir and the sweet 

 sorghums form economical roughages in combination with alfalfa. 



549. Alfalfa hay as the sole roughage. Erf, Kinzer, and Wheeler 

 of the Kansas Station 3 fed 2 lots, each of 10 high grade Angus 

 steers averaging 959 Ibs., for a period of 143 days. Both lots re- 

 ceived the same allowance of concentrates, the roughages varying as 

 shown in the table : 



Alfalfa hay compared with mixed roughages for steers. 



It is shown that the steers getting alfalfa as their sole roughage 

 each gained half a Ib. more daily than those fed mixed roughage in- 

 cluding alfalfa hay. While all gains were satisfactory, they were 

 particularly high on the ration in which alfalfa was the sole rough- 



1 Bui. 57. 



Bui. 50. 



Bui. 130. 



