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not too expensive, but corn, rye, barley, and sorghum 

 seed, if fed, should be fed somewhat sparingly, and all 

 the more so if a liberal supply of corn ensilage is being 

 fed at the same time, or if nubbins are present in any 

 considerable degree in the fodder. 



It would hardly be possible to give what may be a 

 standard meal ration for such feeding, but it would seem 

 safe to say that the protein in the meal fed should not 

 be less than lo per cent. It may also be admissible to 

 feed more than enough corn to balance the ration, if 

 corn is cheap enough to admit of so feeding. That it 

 is not only allowable, but, in some instances, commend- 

 able to feed foods not in perfect balance, cannot be gain- 

 said, because of the influence that food values may 

 exercise. The standard meal ration submitted for 

 calves (see page 21) could not well be improved upon 

 for yearlings under northern conditions. For southern 

 conditions, cottonseed meal and ground hulls would be 

 substituted for the oats. Where field roots are fed 

 freely, the oilmeal may be omitted. 



The amount of concentrates to feed will vary much. 

 While heavy feeding is a necessity in growing beef, it 

 is not admissible for other one-year-olds. Usually it 

 will not pay to give more than 2 or 3 pounds of 

 meal a day to young animals being reared for breeding. 

 On the other hand, it will generally pay to feed some 

 meal, more, of course, to those of the beef types than to 

 those of the dairy types. The animals should be so fed 

 that I to V/a pounds of increase in live weight should 

 be made daily during the winter months. The meal is 

 best fed when mixed with a little cut fodder or ensilage. 



Another way, and probably a simpler one, of feeding 

 the grain, is in the straw. If suitable grains are grown 

 together, cut a little under-ripe and feed as hay, or what 

 is usually better, in the bundle, it may not be necessary 

 to add other grain. Among these mi.itures are oats 

 and wheat, oats and peas, oats and vetches, and winter 



