CHAFFING HAY 73 



The feeding of chaffed hay with cornmeal seems 

 adverse to large gains as compared with feeding clover 

 hay. in the ordinary way. In feeding chaffed hay with 

 corn and cob meal the effect seems to be favorable to 

 the use of chaffed hay for securing rapid gains. These 

 differences, however, are so slight that it is safe to say 

 that the mere chaffing of the hay and mingling it with 

 the grain has but little, if any, influence on securing 

 rapid gains. 



The chaffing of hay and mingling it with the con- 

 centrates in the form of meals did not add materially 

 to their efficiency for beef production, although by this 

 system of feeding there is less likelihood of getting the 

 steers off feed or of their scouring. 



The Kansas Experiment Station conducted a similar 

 experiment, the results of which were not markedly 

 favorable to chaffing and mingling, but they were more 

 favorable to this practice than were those of the Illinois 

 test. 



Professor Henry says in "Feeds and Feeding," that 

 in the case of hard-worked horses it is advisable to 

 chaff the hay and mix it with the grain and moisten 

 the whole mass. This puts it in shape to be quickly 

 masticated and swallowed, and has a longer time to 

 remain in the stomach for digestion than would be 

 possible where long dry hay is fed. But in the case of 

 fattening cattle and farm stock in general, which have 

 ample time for mastication, there is little or no advan- 

 tage in chaffing hay or straw. 



It is quite probable that the chaffing of hay and 

 mingling it with the grain in proper proportion is con- 

 ducive to a smoother and more attractive finish on the 

 cattle. 



FOR GETTING CATTLE ON FEED QUICKLY 

 Although there seems to be but slight advantage in 

 chaffing hay and mingling it with grain for cattle fed 

 for the ordinary fattening period, when the mixed hay 



