. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . as another lot of ten in thesame experiment fed equal parts of alfalfa and cornstover required but pounds of corn for one poundof gain as compared with pounds with alfalfaalone, or 3 per cent less. The stover and alfalfa rationhad a nutritive ratio of , which is added evidencein favor of something like i :8 in preference to aration more narrow for two-year-old steers. The stover in this experiment was figured at $ ton, a high valuation for a fodder allowed to goto waste in Western fields. This combination pro-duced gains
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . as another lot of ten in thesame experiment fed equal parts of alfalfa and cornstover required but pounds of corn for one poundof gain as compared with pounds with alfalfaalone, or 3 per cent less. The stover and alfalfa rationhad a nutritive ratio of , which is added evidencein favor of something like i :8 in preference to aration more narrow for two-year-old steers. The stover in this experiment was figured at $ ton, a high valuation for a fodder allowed to goto waste in Western fields. This combination pro-duced gains at a cost of but $ per hundred com-pared with alfalfa and corn at a cost of $ perhundred, the alfalfa and corn ranking second in pointof economy among the five lots fed in the alfalfa worth $6 per ton as fed with corn, thestover returned a value of $ when made one-halfthe roughage with alfalfa. The stover seemed to bewell relished, though of course the stubs, or lowerthird, of the stalk were refused and were thrown out. Lot. 1. Steers fed com and prairie hay. Cost, $ per hundred; selling price, $
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