FEEDING GRADE BEEF COWS RAISING CALVES. 7 



Table 3 shows the total amount of feeds consumed by the various 

 lots and the average ration per cow in each lot for the four winters. 



Table 3. — Average total and daily rations during four winters. 





Total feed per cow. 



Daily feed per cow. 



Lot and ration. 



1915-16 



(122 

 days). 



1916-17 

 (137 



days). 



1917-18 



(135 

 days). 



1918-19 

 (134 



days). 



Aver- 

 age. 



1915-16 



(122 

 days). 



1916-17 

 (137 



days). 



1917-18 



(135 

 days). 



1918-19 



(134 

 days). 



Aver- 

 age. 



Lotl: 



Corn silage 



Mixed hay 



Wheat straw.... 

 Lot 2: 



Pounds. 



2,440 



976 



334 



Pounds. 

 3,398 

 1,096 

 367 



3,398 



1,096 



225 



3,398 

 205. 5 

 995 



Pounds. 

 2,889 



977 



338 



2,289 

 945 

 324 



2,889 

 202.5 

 864 



Pounds. 



3,480 



1,094 



355 



3,480 

 960 

 355 



3,480 

 201 

 960 



Pounds. 



3,052 



1,036 



348 



3,256 



1.000 



301 



3,204 

 198 

 949 



Pounds. 

 20 

 8 

 2.7 



25 

 1.5 



8 



15 

 10 

 1.8 



Pounds. 

 24.8 

 8 

 2.7 



24.8 

 8 

 1.6 



24.8 

 1.5 

 7 3 



Pounds. 

 21.4 

 7.2 



2.5 



21.4 

 7 

 2.4 



21.4 

 1.5 

 6.4 



Pounds. 

 26.0 



S.2 

 2.6 



26.0 

 7.2 

 2.6 



26.0 

 1.5 



7.2 



Pounds. 



23.1 



7.8 



2.6 



24.1 







7.4 







2.2 



Lot 3: 



Corn silage 



Cottonseed meal 

 Wheat straw 



Lot 4: 



3,050 

 183 

 976 



1,830 



1,220 



224 



24.3 

 1.5 

 7.2 











































1 













The composition and the nutritive ratio of the rations fed are given 

 in Table 4. 



Table 4. — Quantities of dry matter and digestible nutrients in the feeds, and 

 nutritive ratios of the rations. 



Lot 

 No. 



Ration. 



Daily 



feed per 



cow. 



Dry 

 matter. 



Digestible nutrients 



Carbo- 

 hydrate 

 equiva- 

 lent.! 



Nutritive 

 ratio. 



Corn silage 



Mixed hay 



Wheat straw 



Corn silage 



Soy-bean hay . . . 

 Wheat straw 



Corn silage 



Cottonseed meal 

 Wheat straw 



Shock corn. 



Mixed hay 



Wheat straw 



Pounds. 



23.1 



7.8 



2.6 



Pounds. 

 5.77 

 7.15 

 2.35 



Pounds. 



0.32 



.45 



.10 



Pounds. 

 4.37 

 3.43 



.97 





15. 27 



.87 



8.77 







24.1 



7.4 

 2.2 



6.02 

 6.73 

 1.99 



.34 

 .83 

 .01 



4.55 

 3.26 



.82 





14.74 



1.18 



8.63 







24.3 

 1.5 



7.2 



6.07 

 1.38 

 6.51 



.34 

 .46 

 .03 



4.59 



.63 



2.67 





13.96 



.83 



7.89 







15.0 



10.0 



1.8 



13. 23 

 9.17 

 1.63 



.61 



.58 

 .01 



8.34 

 4.39 



.67 



24.03 



1.20 13.40 



Pounds. 

 • 1:10.1 



1: 7.3 



1: 9.5 



1:11.2 



fat. 



The carbohydrate equivalent is the sum of the digestible carbohydrates plus 2.25 times the digestible 



