Show Oats as Starting Feed Said to Prevent Bloat Oats as a starting feed for beef beet cattle prevents bloat according to InformatIon obtained by Louis Vinke Montana State college Trials were conducted with several fattening grains and alfalfa The greatest number of ot bloat cases occurred oc oc- occurred In the group fed barley and alfalfa In most cases easel the critical period occurred d when the tile cattle were receiving from five to seven soven pounds of ot grain a day Few cases occurred after atter this period had bad passed Oats as a starting feed proved per cent effective In n preventing preventing preventing pre pre- venting bloat at Havre and Bozeman Bozeman Bozeman Boze- Boze man during two years Similar experiments experiments ex ex- at the Colorado experiment ment meat station confirmed these tests The plan which seems most effective Ive tive among several eral tried Is to start the he steers on two pounds of ot oats a ahead ahead ahead head a day As the appetite develops develops devel devel- ops the amount of ot oats Is Increased until the critical period Is past Then the fattening grains are gradually grad grad- nally substituted for oats This change requires about two weeks Cappers Capper's Farmer |