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Economical Rations in Beef Production. 



PRAIRIE HAY VERSUS CORN-STOVER. 



In the comparison of linseed-meal and alfalfa, first when 

 used with corn and prairie hay, and second with corn and 

 stover, the reader is not to draw any conclusions as to the 

 relative values of prairie hay and stover, because they were 

 fed during different years under dissimilar conditions. Fol- 

 lowing is a direct comparison of these two forms of rough- 

 ness, one year with linseed-meal supplementing the corn, an- 

 other year with alfalfa forming half the roughness with each, 

 and a third comparison with each roughness fed with corn 

 alone : 



TABLE VI. Prairie hay versus corn-stover. 



When balanced rations were fed, the protein being fur- 

 nished in one experiment by the use of linseed-meal and in 

 the other by alfalfa hay, the corn-stover made a favorable 

 showing with prairie hay, proving to be worth in the first 

 $4.23 per ton and in the second $5.17 per ton compared with 



