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Feeds and Feeding. 



hia cattle, and mnst choose between continuing stall or yard 

 feeding and turning tlie cattle to pasture for a short time before 

 disposing of them. "What to do in such cases is often perplexing, 

 "VVe have some help in the experiments of Thorne and Hickman 

 at the Ohio Station. > 



About May 1 a group of steers which had been fed experi- 

 mentally during the winter was divided, part being turned to 

 grass and part kept in the stable, grain and hay feeding being i 

 continued, practically to the full demands of both. The results 

 are shown in the following table: 



Results of turning partially-fattened steers to pasture — Ohio Station. 



Treatment. 



1894. 



Lot I, kept in barn 

 Lot II, pastured 30 



days 



1895. 



Lot I, kept in barn 



Lot II, pastured 45 



days 



Number 

 of cattle. 



16 



15 



Dry sub- 

 stance 

 con- 

 sumed 

 per steer 

 per day. 



Lbs. 

 20.16 



15.39 



20.99 



15.21 



Dally 



cost of 



food per 



steer. 



Cents. 

 15.33 



12.93 



16.09 



12.55 



Dally 



ffain per 



steer. 



Lbs. 

 2.00 



1.42 



1.76 



1.37 



Dry sub- 

 stance 

 con- 

 sumed 

 per lb. of 

 gain. 



Lbs. 

 10.00 



10.84 



11.95 



10.68 



Cost of 



food per 



pound 



of gain. 



Cents. 

 7.66 



9.10 



9.15 



9.14 



We observe that the steers turned to pasture ate nearly as much 

 grain and half as much hay as those kept in the barn. Even 

 with this aid the change from bam to pasture did not result 

 favorably, as is shown by the smaller daily gain in each case and 

 by the increased cost of gain in one instance and equal cost in the 

 other. 



At the Iowa Station, ' "Wilson and Curtiss, changing 20 Short- 

 horn and Angus steers from feed lot to pasture, though still 

 giving grain, secured a gain of only .6 of a pound per head daily 

 during the 15 days in which the gradual change was being made. 

 These investigators, ^ in changing another lot of steers back from 

 pasture to feed lot in the fall, likewise secured a gain of only .6 of 

 a pound per head daily during the 15 days in which the change 

 occurred. These steers usually made a gain of about two pounds 



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