with cattle bringing 5 cents a pound, corn, when combined with 

 clover or cowpea hay, was worth 81-4 cents more per bushel 

 than when combined with timothy. On the assumption that 

 one-fifth of all the corn produced in Missouri is fed to cattle, 

 the increased profits from combining it with clover or cowpeas, 

 over combining it with timothy, would amount to two and half 

 million dollars each year. 



13. A large roughness consumption does not necessarily 

 mean a diminished grain consumption. If the roughness be a 

 legume hay, such as clover, or cowpeas, or alfalfa, the amount 

 consumed will be materially larger than when it is timothy, 

 or corn stover, or prairie hay, or millet, and at the same time 

 the cattle will eat a larger amount of grain. The extra amount 

 of protein in the legume hay has the effect of stimulating a 

 larger total consumption of feed, a considerable portion of which 

 is grain. 



14. The value of shelter in full feeding. It is shown, as a 

 result of four years' experimental work, that steers on full feed 

 gain more rapidly and somewhat more economically when hav- 

 ing access to an open shed, or even when confined in an open 

 lot, than when sheltered in a well ventilated barn. These re- 

 sults are corroborated by five years' work of similar character 

 at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station. A large majority of 

 the practical feeders reported adversely to the use of a barn 

 in fattening cattle. 



15. Getting cattle on full feed. There is a direct relation 

 between the quality and condition of the feed and the ease and 

 readiness with which cattle may be accustomed to it. Cattle 

 may be gotten on full feed more quickly when coarse and rela- 

 tively unpalatable material is used than when highly nutritious 

 and well prepared feeds are used. 



1 6. The buying margin. The gains put on cattle during 

 the fattening process cost more per pound than they bring 

 on the market when the steer is sold. The cost of these gains 

 will vary between 6 cents and 10 cents per pound, -while the 

 steer will bring on the market an average of from 4 cents to 

 7 cents per pound. This situation is not met in commerce by 

 attempting to force the price of the finished steer to a point 



