UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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BULLETIN No. 1024 



Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 



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Washington, D. C. 



February 10, 1922 



FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH GRADE BEEF 

 COWS RAISING CALVES. 1 



By E. W. Sheets and R. H. Tuckwillek, Animal Husbandry Division. 2 



I. RATIONS, GAINS AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT, AND CALVES 



PRODUCED. 



II. COSTS OF THE RATIONS AND OF RAISING CALVES TO 



WEANING AGE. 



CONTENTS. 



Outline of the experimental work__ 

 Location of the experiment- 

 The region and its problems- 

 Objects and plan of the work- 

 Description of cows 



Feeds used 



Feed crops in the region 



Kind of pasture 



Method of feeding and han- 

 dling 



I. Rations, gains and losses in 



weight, and calves produced-" 



Feed consumed 



Calves produced and their 



birth weights 



Gains and losses in weight- _ 



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Page. 



I. Rations, etc. — Continued. 



Graphic presentation of 



monthly weights 11 



Feeds consumed per 1,000 

 pounds live weight and per 

 calf raised 13 



Summary of feeding and han- 

 dling 14 



II. Costs of the rations and of rais- 



ing calves to weaning age 15 



Prices used 15 



Costs of rations and of calves 



produced 16 



Comparison of results with 



silage and shock corn 16 



Summary of costs 17 



OUTLINE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK. 



LOCATION OF THE EXPERIMENT. 



The work reported in this bulletin is part of a series of beef -cattle 

 experiments that have been in progress since December 22, 1914. 

 They have been carried on cooperatively by the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture and the 

 West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, on the farm of 



1 A report of cooperative work by Uie Bureau of Animal Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. 



2 The authors acknowledge the services of W. F. Ward and F. W. Farley, formerly 

 of the Animal Husbandry Division, who assisted in planning and carrying on the work. 



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