Value of Various Feeding Staff's. 



337 



while those previously fed corn gained only 1.5 lbs. daily. Low- 

 grade or rejected wheat should be used for growing rather than for 

 fattening cattle. (161) 



Rejected wheat compared with corn for steers. 



Feed for 100 lbs. gain 



Lot I 

 Ground wheat, 9.5 lbs. 

 Wheat bran, 2.6 lbs. 



Hay, n.l lbs. _. 



Lot 1 1 

 Corn meal, 9.5 lbs. 

 Wheat bran, 3.0 lbs. 

 Hay, 18.3 lbs 



Concen trates 



1,701 



847 



Roughage 



2,430 



1,240 



527. Wheat, oats, and barley. — Linfield of the Montana Station^ 

 fed 4 lots, each of eight 936-lb. steers of only fair quality, the fol- 

 lowing rations for 101 days, to compare the value of wheat, oats, 

 barley, and a mixture of these grains, when fed with clover hay. 

 The wheat and oats were crushed, and the barley ground medium 

 fine. 



Wheat, oats, and harley for fattening steers. 



The table is worthy of careful study by western stockmen who can 

 avail themselves of the feeds employed. The several grains were 

 about equally eft'ective. The clover hay of the Rocky Mountain re- 

 gion often equals alfalfa hay in feeding value. (169, 171) 



528. Barley v. bran and shorts.— At the North Dakota Station- 

 Shepperd fed 2 lots, each of five 2-yr.-old, 1050-lb. range steers of 



Bui. 

 23 



= Bui. 33. 



