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Young lambs should be fed ground corn with ground oats, 

 bran, gluten feed, or Unseed meal. As soon as they get their 

 teeth, lambs should have shelled corn or finely broken ear 

 corn. Not over 50 per cent of the concentrates should 

 consist of corn unless it is intended to fatten them. They 

 should have clover or alfalfa as roughage. 



For Fattening Stock. — As previously stated, corn is pre- 

 eminently a fattening feed. In fact, it is the best fattening 

 feed available, especially if properly supplemented. 



When fed to fattening cattle with clover, alfalfa, or other 

 legume hay, corn may form from 75 to 90 per cent of the 

 concentrates of the ration. When fed with a non-nitrogenous 

 roughage, as timothy hay, corn stover, silage, or straw, the 

 proportion of corn in the concentrates should be reduced. 

 Corn should be supplemented by Unseed oil meal, cottonseed 

 meal, gluten meal, or soy beans. It is probably most 

 economical to feed corn to fattening cattle in the form of 

 broken ears, except in case it is fed with, silage when it should 

 be shelled. However, when unground corn is fed to fatten- 

 ing cattle, they should be followed by hogs to pick up any 

 lost or undigested grain. 



For fattening mature hogs, corn alone may be successfully 

 used, especially if they have access to pasture. Inasmuch 

 as most fattening is done when the hogs are immature, 

 however, corn should be supplemented ^\^th such feeds as 

 tankage or middlings. Corn may make up from 75 to 95 

 per cent of the ration depending upon the amount of protein 

 in the supplementary feed. It is probably most economical 

 to feed ear-corn to fattening hogs, although some authorities 

 advocate shelling and soaking, or grinding corn for fattening 

 hogs weighing 150 to 200 pounds. 



