Show A STRAW FOR FEEDING CATTLE indiana experiment station conducted experiment to test value various rations given prepared by the united states department of agriculture in ill an experiment conducted at the indiana experiment station to test the feeding value of oat straw it was found that a ration of corn silage corn and cottonseed meal was just as valuable superior beef type for economy and extent of gains when used with oat straw as when fed with nith clover hay As such a ration Is extensively used in various parts of tho the united states its practical value can readily be seen straw and stover are especially valuable for the wintering of breeding herds of beet beef cattle and should form a large part of their feed rations sul suitable table for different classes of beet beef cattle are as follows rations for breeding cows ration 1 straw 10 pounds silage 20 pounds cottonseed or linseed meal I 1 pound ration 2 straw 20 0 pounds cottonseed or oil cale cake 2 pounds ration 3 straw 10 pounds shock corn 10 pounds cottonseed meal or linseed meal I 1 pound ration 4 stover 33 pound cottonseed or linseed oil 11 me meal I 1 pound rations for feeding 1000 pound fattening steers ration 1 straw 5 pounds silage IS 18 pounds corn 13 12 pounds r r ration nation 2 straw stra w S pounds legume hay 6 pounds cottonseed cako cake or linseed cake 6 pounds ration 3 stover 10 pounds silage 15 pounds corn 11 12 pounds ration 4 straw 5 6 pounds stover 15 pounds corn 6 pounds pound cottonseed meal 3 pounds in these rations various other other may be substituted in the rations given for wintering breeding cows definite quantities of straw and stover are given in actual feeding such figures should be somewhat disregarded and the cattle given as much roughage as they will consume yearlings yearnings Year lings may inny be fed three fourths the ration for breeding cows and may be expected to come through the win ter in fair to good condition for fattening animals straw should abw always nys be within reach so that the nul mal may eat cat at will they will usually eat from three to five pounds daily |