CHAPTER VJII. 



FEEDS FOR FATTENING CATTLE; THEIR 

 PREPARATION AND USE 



CORN 



That corn is and will be fed more largely than any 

 other feed is admitted, hence the knowledge of how it 

 can be used most profitably is information that every 

 cattle feeder should possess. Corn is fed in many forms, 

 such as fodder or shock corn, cornmeal and corn and 

 cob meal, and the feeding of corn in each of these 

 forms is advocated as the most profitable practice by a 

 considerable number of cattle feeders. In some in- 

 stances good and sufficient reasons are given for their 

 choice, while in other instances statements are made 

 which are not borne out by experimental data on the 

 subject. It is undoubtedly true that corn is not fed 

 most profitably in any one particular form under all 

 circumstances and conditions. 



A study of this subject involves the following con- 

 siderations : 



1. The efficiency of corn for making beef alone when 

 fed in different forms. 



2. Its efficiency for making beef and pork. 



3. The labor involved in preparing and feeding it to 

 cattle. 



4. The age of the cattle to be fed. 



5. The season of the year. 



Unfortunately, experimental evidence is lacking on 

 some of these points. However, we wish to introduce 

 at this point some experimental data gathered by the 

 Illinois Experiment Station in feeding 130 choice 

 two-year-old feeding cattle during a six-months' winter 

 feeding period, leaving other points of interest to sub- 



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