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duction. Its use in growing young cattle and as a part 

 of the ration of the breeding herd promises well in the 

 hands of the experienced feeder. 



Since the profits in feeding shock or fodder corn and 

 ear corn are approximately the same, the writer is in- 

 clined to favor the feeding of ear corn in preference to 

 fodder corn, because in feeding shock corn one is some- 

 times obliged to get on the land when it is too wet. 

 This statement applies especially to seasons of the year 

 when bad weather is likely to prevail. 



This suggests that there may be a season of the year 

 when shockcorn can be fed to greater advantage than dur- 

 ing mid and late winter. It is doubtful whether there 

 is a more profitable way to feed corn than in the form of 

 shock or fodder corn, if it is fed during the fall season. 



While the results of this experiment show that it 

 does not pay to grind corn for winter feeding, it should 

 not be assumed that it does not pay to grind corn for 

 cattle that are being fattened in the summer on grass. 

 In some instances, too, young cattle are not able to handle 

 the ear corn to advantage. Some of the modern im- 

 proved varieties of corn are so compact and hard that 

 cattle have difficulty in masticating it. Whether or not 

 the cattle feeder should use cornmeal or corn and cob 

 meal is largely a matter of convenience, what roughage 

 is used, how the corn part of the ration is supplemented 

 with other concentrates, and perhaps the season during 

 which it is used. 



Unless higher prices for fat cattle, or lower prices 

 for stock cattle, or both, prevail than in conditions here 

 recorded, the possibilities of profit with corn at 40 cents 

 per bushel, for example, and clover hay at $10.00 per 

 ton are very small indeed. 



THE USE OF COTTONSEED MEAL, GROUND LINSEED 

 CAKE OR OIL MEAL, OATS, AND MOLASSES 



It has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the 

 writer that in fattening cattle where corn comprises 

 the bulk of the ration it pays to supplement it with 



