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running behind cattle safe, grinding is practicable. The 

 feasibility of grinding, therefore, depends entirely upon cir- 

 cumstances, but for Western conditions it is not ordinarily 

 profitable to grind grain for cattle." 



The results obtained, as reported in Table No. I, are com- 

 parable with those obtained at the Nebraska Experiment 

 Station where a similar ration was fed. 



Smith found that it required 9.5 pounds of corn and 5.2 

 pounds of prairie hay for the production of a pound of gain 

 with western bred steers. 



From Table No. I it may be seen that there was a gain of 

 .24 of a pound more daily with the lot getting whole speltz 

 than with the lot getting ground speltz. The ground speltz 

 lot did not have the finish, when sold that the other lots had. 

 Their lines were not filled out as they should be after feeding 

 this period of time. 



The cost of producing a pound of gain is based on the fol- 

 lowing prices of feeds: 



Shelled corn 40 cents per bushel. 



Whole speltz 60 cents per hundred. 



Ground speltz 67 cents per hundred. 



Prairie hay $6.00 per ton. 



These prices may seem too high for some localities in the 

 state but the results show the actual cost outside of labor, 

 which is usually offset by the value of manure to the next 

 crop, the marketing of the grains and roughage at home, etc. 



This test shows that a pound of corn is equal to one and 

 one-fourth pounds of speltz for steer-feeding. It also shows 

 that where the corn and speltz were mixed half and half by 

 weight, the relation is about the same with a small increase 

 in gain in favor of the mixture. 



