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fodder is a cheap and satisfactory roughage for fattening cattle, giv- 

 ing especially good results when used with legume hay. Wlien thus 

 fed, bright corn stover may form half the roughage allowance with 

 excellent results. In 2 trials at the Nebraska Station " steers fed 

 half corn stover and half alfalfa hay with corn made as large gains 

 as others fed alfalfa hay and corn. 



Roughages for the plains district.— In the semi-arid districts fod- 

 der and stover from both the sweet and the grain sorghums are most 



Fig. 87. — The Type op Calves for Baby Beef Production 



Blocky calves of good type and conformation must be selected for baby beef 

 production, as others will not usually reach the desired maturity and finish at 

 this early age. 



useful feeds in beef production, when combined with legume ha}' or 

 with sufficient nitrogenous concentrates to balance the ration. 



At the Hays, Kansas, Substation ^'^ 4 lots of yearling heifers were 

 wintered on 1 lb. of linseed meal, 10 lbs. silage, 2.6 lbs. straw, and 

 either kafir stover, sorghum stover, damaged alfalfa hay, or 

 Sudan hay in addition. Tho the cost of feed and labor was but 5.7 

 to 6.3 cts. per head daily, the heifers made large enough gains to put 

 them in condition to make good use of pasture the next summer. 

 This trial well shows the possibilities in beef production when wise 



1* Smith, Nebr. Buls. 90, 93, 100. 



15 Cochel, Kan. Industrialist, May 1, 1915. 



