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heavy allowance of roots the cattle make excellent gains and reach 

 a satisfactory finish. With the high prices for concentrates now 

 prevailing in this country, our feeders may wisely adopt a similar 

 system of beef production, employing silage from corn and the 

 sorghums instead of the roots which are the basis of English feeding. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What do feeding experiments show as to the adA'antage of supplementing 

 corn with legume hay or protein-rich concentrates for fattening cattle? 



2. Discuss the preparation of corn for beef cattle. 



3. How do barley, wheat, oats, the grain sorghums, millet, and rough rice 

 compare with corn in value for fattening cattle? 



4. Would you use cane or beet molasses in fattening cattle in your locality? 



5. Discuss the use of cottonseed meal for fattening cattle, especially the 

 amounts to be fed under various conditions. 



6. State the value of other protein-rich concentrates important in beef pro- 

 duction. 



7. How does a ration of corn and legume hay compare in value with one of 

 corn, carbonaceous haj% and a protein-rich supplement? 



8. Discuss the use of corn fodder, corn stover, and cottonseed hulls for cattle. 



9. What are the advantages of feeding silage to fattening cattle? 



10. What have trials shown concerning (a) the need of a supplement when 

 corn silage is fed, (b) the use of silage as the sole roughage? 



11. How does an acre of cured corn forage compare in value with the silage 

 from the same area? 



12. What other crops furnish valuable silage for beef cattle? 



13. Tell how roots are used for feeding cattle in Great Britain. 



14. Using feeds available in your section, compute tlie most economical ration 

 according to the Modified Wolff-Lehmann Standard for fattening 2-year-old 

 steers averaging 1,100 lbs. in weight. Follow the method given in Chapter VIII 

 and compute the ration for the second 50-60 days of the fattening period. 



