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silage they can eat, and one pound of cottonseed meal or oil meal daily, 
should gain about one and one-half pounds daily. Under such conditions 
they should probably eat about thirty pounds of silage, a little more or a 
little less, depending upon the proportion of corn and water in the silage. 
Yearlings or two-year-old steers roughed through the winter on silage will 
eat thirty to forty pounds daily. Beef cows will eat forty to fifty pounds. 
In addition to the silage, it is wise to allow them some dry roughage, such 
as oat, straw, cane hay, or corn stover. It would be wise to feed them two 
or three pounds daily per 1,000 pounds live weight of cottonseed meal or 
oil meal. On a ration of corn silage, oat straw, and cottonseed meal or oil 
meal, yearlings, two-year-olds, or three-year-olds should make daily 
gains of about one and three-fourths pounds. Much depends, however, 
upon how thin the steers are when they are put on winter feed." 
— Wallace's Farmer, Des Moines, Iowa. 
In Henry County, Illinois, some of the largest feeders in the Corn 
Belt are also going to raise some stock, expecting to change their methods. 
Regarding this, "Orange-Judd Farmer" of Chicago says: "Clyde 
MustBuM ^^"^^ believes they must ultimately come to use a silo, particu- 
Silos IsLvly if they get to handling young steers or raising their own 
stock." On the Hulting farm, Ed. Hulting, the manager, said: 
"Under the new system of raising baby beef, I believe that silage and 
alfalfa will be the chief bulky part of the ration with a little grain to 
keep the calves always in first-class condition. They will be kept fat all 
the time and at the end of the year will be topped off with a short grain 
feed, in excellent market condition, weighing about 1,000 to 1,100 pounds." 
Excellent Concrete Block Silo in the heart of the John Bett's Concrete Block Silo near Lake 
butter district near Elgin, Illinois. Geneva, Wisconsin. Dimensions 13x32 feet. 
