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BULLETIN 1024, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



calculate how much feed will be required to winter the herd. In case 

 the feeding period is longer or shorter than the one in this experi- 

 ment, the column showing the daily feed consumed per 1,000 pounds 

 live weight ma}? be used to advantage. 



Table 8. 



-Summary of feed consumed per 1.000 pounds live weight of cow., and 

 per calf raised to weaning age. 



Lot 

 No. 



Ration. 



Corn silage 



Mixed hay 



Wheat straw... 



Corn silage 



Soy-bean hay . . 

 Wheat straw... 



Corn silage 



Wheat straw... 

 Cottonseed mea 



Shock corn 



Mixed hay 



Wheat straw... 



Feed per 1,000 



pounds live weight 



oi cow. 



Total. 



Daily. 



Pounds. 



3,688 



1,252 



421 



Pounds. 



27.9 



9.5 



3.2 



3,911 



1,201 



362 



28.9 

 8.9 

 2.7 



3,830 



1,134 



237 



29.0 

 8.6 

 1.8 



2,172 



1,448 

 266 



17.8 

 11.9 

 2.2 



Feed 

 per calf 

 raised. 



Pounds. 

 3,038 

 1,051 

 354 



3,352 



1,003 



357 



3,623 



1.077 



226 



2.033 



1,356 



249 



SUMMARY OF FEEDING AND HANDLING. 



1. For carrying an 834-pound grade beef cow that is to drop a 

 calf in the spring or early summer through an average winter period 

 of 132 days, the following quantities of feed per day were required 

 to make the corresponding gains or losses in weight during the 

 winter: 



Gain ( + ) 



Feed or loss ( — ) 



consumed in weight. 



Pounds. Pounds. 



Lotl. Corn silage 23.11 



Mixed hay 7. 8 I — 4 



Wheat straw 2.6J 



Lot 2. Corn silage ; 24. li 



Soy-bean hay 7. 4 I +47 



Wheat straw 1 2. 2J 



Lot 3. Corn silage 24. 3 1 



Cottonseed meal 1. 5 I +20 



Wheat straw 7. 2 J 



Lot 4. Shock corn 15. Oi 



Mixed hay 10.0 1 — 19 



Wheat straw 1. 8j 



2. The average birth weight of the calves and the gains in weight 

 made during both winter and summer periods indicate that the 

 above-mentioned rations should be ranked 2, 3, 1, and 4. 



