Show IT IS POOR ECONOMY TO UNDERFEED STOCK object should B be e to carry them winter cheaply heavy feeding of calves and year yean lings Is expensive cows can be B wintered on good hay alone provide shelter the principal object in wintering stock cattle Is to carry them through cheaply without letting them I 1 lose ose hash flesh it Is poor economy to underfeed cattle in winter and let them lose much that they gained in the summer time heavy feeding of calves and iu in winter Is expensive and reduces the gains they will make on grass the following summer when gains are cheap straw beet pulp sugar beets can all be used to advantage cows cau can be wintered on good lay alone or on 30 pounds of silage and one ona pound cottonseed ineal per day alfalfa hay bay or upland has make good rations in themselves while with prairie or cane hay or sudan grass it will be better to give some extra feed e especially to cows conis that are to drop calves some eli shelter elter is advIs advisably abla in winter even though only a windbreak where e there are plenty of trees cattle can often get along very well with these for shelter the following are some representative rations that might be ba used in wintering stock where fattening for market is not de desired 1 20 pounds hay alfalfa or park hay 2 25 23 pounds cane hay or corn fodder one pound cottonseed cake 3 30 pounds cane or silage one pound cottonseed meal chas I 1 bray in live stock in colorado |