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grain for colts, as measured in oats, covering three periods of 

 development. * 



Up to 1 year of age, from 2 to 3 Ibs. 

 From 1 to 2 years of age, 4 to 5 Ibs. 

 From 2 to 3 years of age, 7 to 8 Ibs. 



Cattle are fed under a wide range of conditions, from 

 those that receive no grain, to those on heavy feed. Beef 

 cattle often receive a pound of grain for each 100 pounds of 

 live weight, while undergoing fattening, though much more 

 than this is fed when finishing them off. A common grain 

 ration for dairy cows is 1 pound for every 3 pounds of 

 milk produced. Sheep are not usually fed grain heavily, 

 especially Merinos and breeding stock. Fattening sheep 

 are given from J4 pound to 2 pounds of grain per day, with 

 1 pound as a fairly good feed for medium-sized sheep. 

 Growing pigs should be fed what they will eat up clean, yet 

 not enough to be fattening. During fattening, one may 

 figure on about 5 pounds of grain for each pound of gain in 

 live weight. A feed of 7 pounds per day for a 200-pound 

 hog is a very good-sized ration. Pasture of clover or alfalfa, 

 or even blue grass, is very desirable for young pigs and 

 breeding stock, and where available for feed much is 

 saved on the grain bill. 



Animals of the same age and kind should be kept together 

 under conditions suitable for their best development. It is 

 customary among the better class of stockmen to keep in 

 groups by themselves, the nursing calves, the yearling 

 and 'two-year-old heifers, the dry cows, and the producing 

 cows. Bull calves, after two or three months old, should be 

 separated from the rest. Foals must be handled as indi- 

 viduals, and are valuable enough for separate stalls when no 1 

 in the open lot or pasture. Fattening cattle, sheep, and hogs 



*Feeds and Feeding, 1910, page 291. 



