In the four years' experiments in which a limited 

 amount of grain was used, the value of the following rations 

 for wintering cattle was compared: 



1. Shelled Corn and Timothy Hay; 



2. Shelled Corn and Clover Hay; 



3. Shelled Corn and Cowpea Hay; 



4. Shelled Corn and Alfalfa Hay; 



5. Shelled Corn and Millet; 



6. Shelled Corn and Sorghum; 



7. Shelled Corn, half Corn Stover and half Clover Hay; 



8. Shelled Corn and Whole Stover; 



6. Shelled Corn; Cottonseed Meal and Wheat Straw; 

 10. Shelled Corn, Cottonseed Meal and Corn Stover. 

 The principal results obtained in these experiments 

 may be summarized as follows: 



A COMPARISON OF VARIOUS COARSE FOD- 

 DERS WHEN FED WITHOUT GRAIN 



1. Timothy Hay Alone. Timothy hay of average 

 quality was found to be nutritious enough to a little more than 

 maintain the weight of yearling steers that were in thin con- 

 dition to begin with. That is, steers of this class were 

 wintered on timothy hay of fa-ir quality without loss in 

 weight, and, on the average, made a slight gain. The gain, 

 however was very small, varying from a slight loss in one 

 experiment, when the weather was particularly unfavorable, 

 to a fair gain when the quality of the hay was good and the 

 weather was dry, bright, and crisp. 



Our experiments show that 18.25 pounds o hay were 

 required to be offered daily to a steer weighing 750 pounds 

 for these results. On this basis, it would require 328$ Ibs. 

 or slightly more than a ton and a half of hay to winter a steer 

 of this size from November I to April 30 six months and, 

 according to our experiments, the steer would make a gain 

 of about 50 pounds. 



2. Whole Corn Stover Without Grain. Taking 



the average of our four years' work, it appears that whole 

 field-cured corn stover, handled as in ordinary farm practice, 

 would not quite maintain yearling steers moderately thin to 



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