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BULLETIN 1271, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 39. — Unit requirements per animal unit per year for young dairy stock, 
1921 
Farm No. 1 
Head 
Corn 
Small 
grain 
Tame 
hay and 
alfalfa 
WUd 
hay and 
fodder 
Silage 
Skimmed 
milk 
21 
Number 
6 
. 11 
14 
17 
21 
24 
™ 
20 
20 
Pounds 
955 
766 
54 
268 
66 
1,798 
2,900 
Pounds 
861 
2,083 
751 
371 
358 
574 
129 
Pounds 
1,319 
2,616 
Pounds 
1,038 
471 
2,598 
634 
369 
1, 153 
1,063 
Pounds 
Pounds 
15 
17 
6,268 
2,212 
8 .. 
700 
6,278 
5,034 
1,651 
9 
1,847 
6 
1,101 
1,530 
1,996 
1 
489 
Average: 
143 head, 1921.. 
201 head, 1920 
1,477 
335 
506 
225 
1,067 
1,545 
1,026 
927 
1, 957 
1,502 
1,148 
1,044 
Farm No. 1 
Whole 
milk 
Pasture 2 
Total 
grain 
Total dry 
roughage 
Labor 
Veterin- 
ary and 
medicine 
Man 
Ilorsc 
21 -. 
Pounds 
357 
470 
Days 
99 
76 
194 
153 
178 
151 
185 
Pounds 
1,816 
2,849 
805 
639 
424 
2,372 
3,029 
Pounds 
2,357 
3,087 
2,598 
1, 334 
369 
2,254 
2,593 
Hours 
33 
63 
23 
26 
15 
36 
12 
Hours 
Dollars 
15 . 
1.6 
1.9 
2.4 
1.4 
1.3 
.3 
0.12 
17 
8 
252 
215 
348 
186 
9 .. 
6 
1.46 
1 
Average: 
143 head, 1921 
201 head, 1920 
237 
169 
1G3 
198 
1,983 
560 
2,093 
2,472 
24 
19 
1.1 
2.7 
.26 
.14 
i Farms arc arrayed in order of number of head per farm, beginning with the lowest. 
2 See footnote 2, Table 37, p. 49. 
VARIATIONS IN FEED REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUNG DAIRY CATTLE 
The feed for the young cattle is varied, as in the case of dairy 
cows, according to the farmer's judgment in handling his cattle. 
There w T as such a large variation in the type of cattle included in 
this enterprise that a w T ide diversity, in the labor and feed expended 
on them occurred. The heaviest feeding was practiced on farm 15. 
The young cattle on this farm were grade or purebred Holsteins that 
the owner was attempting to grow to as large size as possible. He 
therefore fed quite liberally. The heavy feeding on farm 1 was due 
to the fact that there were included in the enterprise twenty-one 2 
and 3 year old steers on a heavy fattening ration. Except in case 
of farm 1, where these steers were on feed, the large use of pasture 
was associated with low grain and roughage requirements. 
CAUSES FOR VARIATIONS IN LABOR REQUIREMENTS 
On farms 6, 15, and 21, which had the highest man-labor require- 
ments, the least use was made of pasture. More labor is required 
to care for stock in the barn or yard than when running on pasture. 
On farms 6, 15, and 21, which had the highest man-labor require- 
ments, more; grain per animal unit was fed than on any others except 
farm 1. On these farms the grain was fed largely to calves and year- 
ling in I he barn. This involved much more labor than was required 
on f'iirm i, where most of the grain was fed out of doors in bulk 
quantities to a carload of fattening cattle. 
