Rations for Steers — Mutton Production 349 



f 2 lbs. oat straw. [^ 5 lbs. alfalfa hay. 



j 75 lbs. beet pulp. I 3 lbs. corn stover. 



I 10 lbs. beet molasses. 1 11 lbs. eoru meal. 



(^ 4 lbs. gluten meal. 1^ G lbs. ground barley. 



5 lbs. mixed timothy and clover. 

 30 lbs. silage. 



lbs. oats and peas. 



^ 30 



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The above rations are well up to the qnautity limit 

 for the profitable feeding of animals weighing approxi- 

 mately 1,000 lbs. They are simply illustrative, how- 

 ever, both in kind and in quantity. Many mixtures 

 equally efficient may be used, and the quantity of 

 the ration must vary not only with the age and size 

 of the animal but with individuals, according to ap- 

 petite and capacity. Any feeder of experience will 

 understand, of course, that such rations will be eaten 

 with safety to the animal only after a period of pre- 

 liminary feeding, during which there has been a grad- 

 ual increase in the quantity of food offered. 



MUTTON PRODUCTION 



Attention has been called to the fact that beef pro- 

 duction in the United States has gravitated to the 

 extreme west. This is also true of the production 

 of mutton, though not to the same extent. Flocks 

 of sheep are still kept on many farms of the eastern 

 and middle -west states, and the growth of early lambs 

 and the fattening of maturer animals to supply the 

 demands of the local markets is found to be most 

 profitable by those farmers who possess the knowledge 

 and skill Tequisite for this branch of stock husbandry. 



