Show collage Colls ge bulletin no 35 of the utah expert 1 ment station treats of first the value of baraw as ft substitute for hay second short spring periods of grain feeding third relative value of ensilage root straw as condiments fount value of different grain ration the following facts are in thi bulletin first steers fed on mixed hay alone for days gained 1 09 ibs per day each second steers fel baraw and hav with grain gained 78 iba per lay for 33 days steers tod on lucerne and straw for 66 days gained practically nothing steers fed on red clover and for 23 daya gained per day each third ajl on grain and ethaw for days pained 33 1 per day per steer fourth all the after having been fed as in paragraphs 1 2 and 3 gained but 31 ibi per day etch e for 35 days on mixed hay grain ard roots the emall nesa of alie gain is thought to be due to alii change of food fifth steers housed at night and in yard during the day kihen fed on hav and grain and aithar straw or ensilage gained iba per day each tor 34 dayd sixth alie experiments indicate that any attempt to crowd a steer late in the spring after he lias been moderately well fed will result it a loss seven roots cinde cuore gain than either straw or ensilage eighth As the amount of grain fed increased the growth and tho cost of the gain increased ninth steers bous slit at 2 cants and fed in tho manner indicated aurini the winter cannot said at a profit in the spring for less than 3 cente the bulletins of the agricultural college experiment station are mailed free on |