FEEDING GEADE BEEF COWS RAISING CALVES. 

 Table 2. — Composition of feeds used. 



Feed. 



Corn silage 



Mixed hay 



Wheat straw . . . 



Soy-bean hay.. . 

 Cottonseed meal 

 Shock corn 



Moisture 



Per cent. 



75.0 



70.9 



8.3 



8.4 



9.6 

 9.0 



8.4 

 7.8 



7.3 

 11.8 



Ash. 



Per cent. 

 1.1 



1.4 

 3.7 

 3.2 



4.2 

 9.1 



8.9 

 6.0 



5.8 



5.8 



Protein. 



Per cent. 



1.9 



2.4 



6.6 



2.9 



3.4 



10.0 



15.8 



37.6 



36.8 



7.4 



Carbo- 

 hydrates, 



includ- 

 ing fiber. 



Per cent. 

 21.5 



24.4 

 79.5 

 84.1 



81.5 

 68.9 



63.1 

 40.3 



43.5 



72.6 



Fat 



Per cent. 

 0.5 



0.9 

 1.9 

 1.4 



1.3 

 3.0 



3.8 

 8.3 



6.6 



2.4 



From the analyses it is evident that the feeds used, with the ex- 

 ception of cottonseed meal, were somewhat below the average in 

 quality. The cottonseed meal used was a little better than the aver- 

 age cottonseed meal graded as " good " by the Association of Feed 

 Control Officials of the United States. 



Fig. 4. — Cows fed corn silage, soy-bean hay, and wheat straw, at the end of the 

 winter period, Apr. 25, 1919. 



FEED CROPS IN THE REGION. 



A 3-year rotation of crops, consisting of corn, wheat, and hay, is 

 practiced rather generally in the region under discussion. Timothy 

 is sown with the wheat in the fall, and red clover is sown on the 

 same field in the spring. This provides in the year following the 



