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Economical Rations in Beef Production. 



bedding purposes but charged to the steers as feed consumed. 

 The stover was fed each morning in order that the steers 

 might have the entire day to work over the stalks, and the 

 alfalfa was fed only at night to those lots receiving stover. 

 Following is the record of the steers ten two-year-olds in 

 each lot fed as indicated: 



TABLE II. Corn and alfalja versus corn, alfalja and corn-stover. 



The table shows that in the first experiment equal parts of 

 alfalfa and stover produced a slightly larger daily gain than 

 alfalfa fed as the sole roughness with shelled corn. In the 

 second experiment, when snapped corn was used, the reverse 

 was true. A ration consisting of corn and alfalfa is often too 

 laxative, especially with the later cuttings of alfalfa. In the 

 first experiment it is very probable that the stover lessened 

 the tendency to scour, while in the second experiment the 

 presence of husk and cob served the same purpose. There 

 may have been also some advantage in having stover with 

 alfalfa for variety. In this connection it may be said that 



