Show Feeding Test That May MayBe MayBe MayBe Be Worth Some Thought In a feeding test carried on last winter winter winter win win- ter and spring at the Minnesota agri agri- experiment cultural station calves did better than either cither yearlings or two- two year olds In being fattened for the beef market Owing t tc to the conditions the fattening fattenIng fattening fatten fatten- ing of feeders for the marl market et through h the period Indicated was not a 8 profitable profitable profitable profit profit- able farm arm enterprise However in fattening fattening fat fat- three lots of cattle one cattle one of two- two year olds one of ot yearlings and one of ot calves calves V H. H Peters reters head of ot the animal animal ani ani- mal husbandry division found that the calves es gave the best returns The calves made pounds of gain on a 8 great deal less feed than either yearling yearling year year- Un ling or two year two old near feeder steers The foregoing Is the gist of ot a report report report re re- re- re port which Mr Peters made mode It Is not notto notto notto to be assumed though that the results answer for good and all the tile question whether it Is better to buy for fattening fattening fatten fatten- In ing year two-year-olds yearlings or calves Under Uner other conditions as to market margins a different showing might have ha been heen made In the tests the cattle In the three lots were fed In exactly the same way and under similar conditions The ration ration ra ra- tion used was Ground barley 85 per percent percent percent cent and ground oats 15 per cent for the first 84 days of feeding after which shelled corn replaced the ground barley arleY |