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the second winter grain will be fed rather liberally. 

 By May or June such animals ought to be of a mar- 

 ketable finish if turned on good pasture and fed 

 heavily on grain. Corn is sufficient on alfalfa; but, 

 pastured on mixed grasses, at least 10 per cent of 

 the grain should consist of oil meal, cottonseed meal 

 or gluten meal. Steers fed in this way should gain 

 two pounds on the grain mixture. 



CATTLE ON ALFALFA 

 With corn and alfalfa in abundance there is always profit in cattle raising. 



Summer Feeding on Grass. On many farms 

 early spring pasturing is delayed until grass has at- 

 tained a fine growth, and the sod has become dry 

 enough after the spring rains to prevent injury from 

 tramping. During this period the steers are con- 

 tinued in the feed lot and fed silage, hay and grain 

 in amounts liberal enough to give a fair rate of in- 

 crease at a reasonable cost. The steers are then put 

 on pasture, the grain increased and a market finish 

 obtained as early in the summer as possible. 



