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in the grain mixture may be used. In the absence of a legume hay 
then protein concentrates will be necessary. From two to five 
pounds may be fed daily at first. The nature of the hay, the char- 
acter of the cattle, and the market price of feed, must all be con- 
sidered in deciding the kind and amount of each. 
11. Finishing two-year-olds on grass.—In feeding out 
steers that have passed through two winters and are in 
good flesh, pastures are a great help. During the second 
winter grain will be fed rather liberally. By May or 
June such animals ought to be of marketable finish if 
turned on good pasture and fed heavily on grain. Corn 
is sufficient on alfalfa; but on mixed grasses, at least 10 
per cent of the grain should consist of linseed meal, cot- 
tonseed meal or gluten meal. Steers fed in this way 
should gain two pounds a day. 
FATTENING STEERS ~—GRAIN CONSUMED TO PRODUCE 100 POUNDS GAIN 
NUMBER OF A 
DAYS FEEDING foo 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1.000 
56 2 
84 
m2 eal 
140 
168 
182 Leer ee 
WHEN THE FEEDING PERIOD Is EXTENDED 
When fattening steers were fed 56 days, slightly over 700 pounds of food were 
consumed for each 100 pounds of gain. When the feeding period was lengthened 
to 128 days, over 1,000 pounds of grain were necessary to give 100 pounds of 
increase. : 
12. Summer feeding on grass—On many farms early 
spring pasturing is delayed until grass attains a fine 
growth, and until the sod is dry enough after spring rains 
to prevent injury from tramping. The steers are con- 
tinued in the feed lot and fed silage, hay and grain in 
amounts liberal enough to give a fair rate of increase at 
a reasonable cost. The steers are then turned out on 
