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Show CALF FATTENING TESTS CONDENSED Colorado Station Outlines Results of Experiments. Results of calf-feeding experiments experi-ments conducted by the Colorado Agricultural college experiment station sta-tion during 1928 and 1920 are summarized sum-marized and discussed In a new bulletin recently published at the college. Stock men who are feeding calves this winter will find this leaflet, Press Bulletin 70, entitled, "Feedlot Rations for Fattening Calves," of much value, It Is believed. Copies will be sent free to anyone Interested. Inter-ested. The report on the 1929 test and the summary of the results of two years' experiments are explained by E. J. Maynard, associate animal husbandman, and H. B. Oslnnd, assistant as-sistant professor of animal husbandry hus-bandry at the college. Outstanding results obtained In the two years are summarized in the bulletin as follows: 1. A standard beet by-product ration ra-tion of wet beet pulp, barley, cotton cake and alfalfa proved cheapest and most efficient for fattening calves in beet-growing areas. 2. The relative efficiency of wet beet pulp siloed at the factory and pressed beet pulp slioed at the farm will depend largely on the comparative compar-ative length of time the pulp is stored. 3. Trench silos are practically as efficient and much cheaper than straw silos for storing pressed pulp. 4. Corn silage can be used to supplement sup-plement wet beet pulp in a beet byproduct by-product ration for fattening calves; 6.3 pounds of corn silage fed dally reduced the pulp requirement by nearly one-half. 5. Dried sugar-beet tops showed a feed replacement value of $0.41 per ton of tops fed. 6. Steer calves made cheaper and heavier gains than heifer calves. |