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BULLETIN 
TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
shed near the calf barn during the winter months. The feed is 
entirely roughage, consisting of mixed hay and corn silage, with the 
addition of corn stover from January to April. About the middle 
of May they are again turned on pasture and receive no other feed 
during the summer. This makes a total of 171 days, or nearly one- 
half the second year, that the heifers are dependent upon pasture 
alone. 
Table V gives the ration and the average quantity fed daily per 
head for the different months. Each calf consumed during the 
winter months an average of 1,120 pounds of hay, 3,250 pounds of 
silage, and 672 pounds of corn stover. 
The change in numbers from the second year is due to the addi- 
tion of two heifers in December, the transfer of a few head to the 
dairy herd to fill vacant stalls, and the butchering in March of one 
that proved to be undesirable. 
Table V. — Average quantity of feed per head per day during the second year 
fed to an average of 17.2 head of heifers. 
Year and month. 
Average 
number 
fed. 
Mixed 
hay. 
Corn 
Corn 
stover. 
Pasture. 
September. 
October.. . 
November. 
December. 
Pounds. 
January . . 
February. 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August.. . 
1911. 
5.6 
6.6 
5.8 
5.2 
4.4 
2.2 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Days. 
11.4 
16.2 
17.7 
19.4 
17.3 
18.6 
4.3 
2.5 
5.1 
9.6 
7.2 
Total. 
1,120 3,250 
672 
171 
Alfalfa, 2 pounds; mixed hay, 2.7 pounds. 
COST OF FEED FOB THE SECOND YEAB. 
In the second year the feed cost as compared with the first year 
is materially reduced, as shown in Table VI. This is caused b} T a 
number of factors. First, both milk and concentrates, each of which 
is a large item in the first year's feed cost, are omitted. Second, the 
pasture period is longer. Pasture is the cheapest of feeds, and the 
longer the stock can be kept on it the smaller will be the total yearly 
feed cost. On the other hand, during the second year the quantity 
of roughage fed is increased. However, roughage is a cheap feed, 
and its increased cost in the second }^ear does not offset the decrease 
caused by the omission of milk and grain. 
The prices for the different feeds remain the same for the whole 
period ; hence, the cost each month varies with the quantity fed. The 
costs for the year are as follows: Hay, $4.60; silage, $6.50; corn 
