24- Do you buy your feeders f If so, where? 



25. What are the advantages of buying feeders ? 



26. What time of year do you buy them f 



27. What aged feeders do you prefer ? What weight? What 

 breed? 



28. Do you feed steers three years old or over? If so, why ? 



29. Do you prefer a thin feeder or one carrying some flesh ? 



jo. Do you put feeders on full feed immediately after purchase or 

 do you carry them on rough feed for a time ? 



FEEDS. 



jr. How do you feed your corn ? As broken ear ? Snapped ? 

 Shelled ? Corn and cob meal ? Soaked ? Corn meal ? 

 Shock corn ? 



j2. Do you feed oats to fattening steers ? If so, at what stage of 

 the feeding period, and how long do you continue ? 



jj. Do you feed bran ? Linseed oil meal ? Gluten feed? Cotton 

 seed meal? Distiller's grain? Brewer's grain? When do 

 you begin feeding the above feeds and how long do you continue ? 

 How much of eaeh do you feed per head per day ? 



J4. What kind of roughage do you use ? 



35. How do you handle your corn stalks ? Pasture ? Cut up in 

 shocks ? Shred ? 



j6. Do you use silage for fattening cattle ? 



37. If so, how much do you feed per steer daily? How long do 

 you feed it? 



j8. What crops do you put into your silo ? 



jo. What are the advantages and disadvantages of feeding silage ? 



40. What kind of pasture do you have? Blue grass ? Clover ? 

 Timothy ? Mixed grasses ? 



41. How much pasture is required per steer when on full feed of 

 grain ? 



42. How much when not receiving any grain ? 

 4J. When do you turn out onto grass ? 



44. How late do you pasture in the fall before feeding hay ? 



