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riod by stacking the bundles near the feed yards for use in 

 late winter. For such purposes corn which has been drilled 

 a little thicker than usual is best because the ears are some- 

 what smaller, tho it should not be planted so thickly that the 

 yield of corn will be reduced. By feeding corn fodder we 

 utilize the stalk and yet are put to no extra labor husking it. 

 In fact corn can be cut with a harvester and put in the shock 

 cheaper than it can be picked and cribbed, inasmuch as three 

 men with a team and harvester can cut and shock seven acres 

 per day. Records from the Farm Department of this Experi- 

 ment Station show that it costs fl.18 per acre to cut and 

 shock corn, which figure does not allow for wear and tear on 

 the machine. Three cents per bushel should cover the cost 

 of harvesting corn with a machine and putting it in shocks, 

 in which form it may be fed direct to the cattle. 



CORN AND PRAIRIE HAY VERSUS CORN, LINSEED-MEAL 

 AND PRAIRIE HAY. 



On many farms alfalfa or clover is not available in suffi- 

 cient quantity to form even half of the roughness supplied 

 fattening cattle. Under these circumstances the use of some 

 commercial protein concentrate would seem desirable. In 

 order that this might be given a practical test, three experi- 

 ments were conducted in which the ration corn and prairie 

 hay was fed with and without the protein concentrate linseed- 

 meal (oil-meal). The latter food was made but 10 per cent 

 of the grain ration because of its high protein content and 

 relative cost. In this experiment, as in all other experiments 

 described in this bulletin, ten steers were feel in each lot. For 

 the purpose of making the results more easily comprehended 

 by the reader, the tables are made to show the average record 

 for each steer bv lot. 



