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Economical Rations in Beef Production. 



them what rough feed is needed to satisfy the craving for 

 bulk. The latter is often of very inferior quality, perhaps a 

 stack of wheat straw, and a very limited Quantity is con- 

 sumed. That a good quality of roughness can be made to 

 take the place of a part of the corn is shown by the following 

 single experiment conducted the past winter : 



TABLE VII. Heavy versus light feed of corn with alfalfa and corn-stover. 



The steers on the light ration of corn were never given to 

 exceed fourteen pounds of corn per day, the average daily 

 ration for the twenty-four weeks being 13.89 pounds, while 

 the full-fed steers were given as high as 24 pounds per day, 

 an average of 22.33 pounds for the period of twenty weeks 

 fed. The light fed steers consumed as much more roughness 

 as the heavy fed steers consumed more corn. 



It is interesting to note that the ten steers on the light 

 grain ration made the same gain in six months (24 weeks) 

 that the heavy fed steers made in five months (20 weeks). 

 The light fed steers were equally well finished with the extra 



