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BALANCED From the best analyses we can obtain, the 



GRAIN following; grain ration has been worked out. It 



RATION FOR 



SUMMER is given as a suggestion to men who desire to try 



FEEDING fitting top-priced stuff for the fall market : 



20 Ibs. mixed alfalfa hay and beardless barley, 

 or as much as the cattle will eat in addition 

 to their grain. 

 3 Ibs. spelt or emmer. 

 2 Ibs. field peas (should be ground). 

 -I- Ibs. beet molasx-. 



This is the amount of feed per day for each 

 1,000-pound steer. 



If beardless barley is not available to mix 

 with the alfalfa hay, use oat hay, or timothy or 

 straw. Alfalfa and timothy or brome-grass hay 

 grown in mixture would be good. Our rations 

 are too narrow for good fattening, unless we use 

 some combination like the one suggested. Using 

 beet molasses and mixtures of grass or straw 

 with alfalfa hay seems the only solution of the 

 problem where corn is left out. 



At some of our higher altitudes in Wyoming 

 and Colorado and farther north in Montana 

 ranchmen have practiced hay fattening of 

 cattle for years. This is possible because 

 of the rich and peculiar composition of the 

 native hay grown in these localities. The 

 higher the altitude at which a forage grows the 

 richer it seems to be in protein. Some of these 



