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PRODUCTIVE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 



the following table for gain for steers of different ages, and also 

 for the gain for each successive group : 



Relation of Age to Weight and Daily Gain of Steers 



The figures show a decided decrease in the rate of daily gain 

 with increasing age of the steers, and also a still more marked de- 

 crease in the gain for each period, viz., from 2.63 pounds for the 

 calves to 0.87 pound for the last year of the three-year-olds. 



Fig. 60. — Tennessee steers in the feed lot. (Tennessee Station.) 



The results given in the last two tables were obtained with 

 cattle of the specific beef breeds and of choice individuals within 

 these breeds. They are, therefore, higher than are likely to obtain 

 with steers of poorer breeding and fed less intensively (Fig. 60). 



Returns for Feed Eaten. — Information secured from cattle 

 men in the corn belt by the Illinois station shows that the amounts 

 of grain (corn or its equivalent) and hay required to produce 100 



