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Show FEED FOR FATTENING CATTLE Data Gathered by Department of Agriculture Agri-culture of Much Value to Producers Produc-ers of Beef. (Prlard by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Data gathered by the United States Department of Agriculture regarding the dally gain and the amount of feed and pasture consumed by 34,934 steers fattened on corn-belt farms during the last two winters, are of value to beef producers as an Indication of how much feed Is required on the average av-erage corn-belt farm to produce 100 pounds of gain. The average weight of all the cattle at the start of the feeding period was 786 pounds, while the final weight ws : : ; . Pasture Is Essential to the Profitable Production of Beef. 1,070 pounds, the gain amounting to 2S4 pounds In a period of 174 days The average quantity of fewd consumed for 100 pounds of gain was G80 pounds of grain, 62 pounds of commercial concentrates, con-centrates, 391 pounds of dry roughage such as hay and corn fodder, 803 pounds of silage, and the equivalent of 20 days of pasturage. In addition to thesn co-operative feeding trials with cattlemen In Indiana, Indi-ana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri, Mis-souri, the United States Department of Agriculture Is conducting investigations investiga-tions in southwestern Wisconsin to determine de-termine the costs and amounts of feed required to fatten cattle on grass, with and without a supplement, and of the feed required to maintain a breeding herd of beef cuttle for one year, and to raise calves from weaning time to yearlings. |