Show STRAW FOR FEEDING CATTLE indiana experiment station conducted experiment to tet test value various rations nation given prepared by the united department of agriculture IQ in an ail experiment conducted at the th indiana experiment station to test tha feeding tattle of oat straw it was found that a ration of corn silage corn and cotton cottonseed sped meal wua was just as aa valuable f 0 k 1114 1 superior bee type for or economy and extent of gains when used tilted with oat straw as an when fed with lover clover hay As such a is id extensively used in various parts of the united states tta its practical value can readily be seen straw and stover are especially valuable for the wintering Inter ln of breeding herds of beet beef int cattle intile tle and should form a large part of their feed rations suitable for different classes of be beef c f cattle are as follows rations for breeding cows cow ration 1 r straw 10 pounds pound silage 20 pounds cottonseed or linseed meal I 1 pound ration nation 2 straw 29 20 pounds cottonseed or oil cake I 1 pounds pound ration 1 3 straw 10 pounds shock corn 10 pounds cottonseed Cotton teed reed hieam or linseed meal A pound ration 4 stover 35 pound cottonseed or linseed oil meal 4 pound ration nations for feedle reed moi fat bening steers ration it 1 5 pounds pelage ig 18 anuw corn 33 32 pounds pound ration 2 21 straw I 1 pounds pound legume hay bay 6 rounds rounda cottonseed Cotton seiS sed eake cak or linseed eake cake I 1 pounds ration 3 stover 10 pound 15 pounds pound corn com 13 12 pounds ration 4 ethaw I 1 pounds ster 18 15 pounds corn 9 6 pounds cottonseed meal 9 3 doina polan po ina df in these rations various other fea fd be substituted in the phen gl en for wintering breeding cows d definite R quantities of straw and are given in actual feeding such flit ures tires should be somewhat disregarded and the cattle given as much roughage haga as they will fill consume yearnings yearlings Year lings may be fed three fourths fourth the ration for breeding cows and may be expected to come through the winter in fair fairno to good condition for fattening animals animal i straw ataw should always be reach so ro that the animal may eat at will they will usually eat from three to five pounds dally daily |