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FEEDING GRADE BEEF COWS RAISING CALVES. 17 
SUMMARY OF COSTS. 
1. Corn silage and wheat straw with either mixed hay, soy-bean 
hay, or cottonseed meal is a much cheaper ration than shock corn, 
mixed hay, and wheat straw for wintering grade beef cows. 
2. As the cows fed on the mixed hay and soy-bean ration produced 
a larger calf crop than those fed the cottonseed meal, the average 
cost per head of raising their calves was practically 6 per cent less. 
3. As sources of protein, mixed hay, and soy-bean hay, where they 
are grown successfully, have additional advantages in that they can 
be raised on the farm, while cottonseed meal must be purchased, which 
involves uncertainty as to the availability and the price. 
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