The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-04
Cattle Feeling on i College Farm

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the regular vel Ching sof cattle on the Il
farm cf tFie linass q ssst
0f Six choice Steer, ilR q fsW DAYS
loss than 30 months Id age, and &
pounds in Weig ffpund to have
made an average gain Of 80 1-9 pounds in;
As days (fTom September y and of NJ
pounds in the last 10 days.
ga: lot Of four good steers, averaging q 4
;littIesoyer 80 months, and ,455 pounds
had made average gain Of 150 ponndsTin
IS days, and Of So the l6 day.,
"a lot Of 24 steers OF poorer quality and
probably of3not much lessage, averaging
I,118 lbs, had made an average gain Of
fls1196 pounds in the 45 days, and of AZ !
pounds in the 516 days. Il.
The lot Of six have been on q full grain
| feed during ali the summer and last win
ter four Of them also during the precsd-
ing summer. The lot OF four wsre we'll
fed last winter, but had no grain from
May 4 until August II: on full feed
since September |. The lot Of 25. with
one exception, were purchased in the
spring and summer, and had been poorly
fed during the winter. Since August 15,s
they have had same treat as the lot:
Of four. The average gain Of sths;A "a pnr--li
chased since June l2, when most of them
were bought, has been 242115s pounds.
These cattle have all been on pasture
and have been fed on corn in the ear.
averaging about one half bushel per
steer daily. They are fed three times q
day generally from the wagon as it
comes from the field. The lot Of six best
|stesrs have not had SO good pasture as
| the Others and have eaten a little hay.
Pigs follow; all the cattle and have
grown rapidly from the corn left undi-s
tsgested by them. The variations In the
Eratesof grainare partly xplainable from
Ithe poorer quality ysand slnal Her size Of tho
Ilarger LOT Of steers and from the longer
feeding and much higher dsgree!o fat
ness Of the lot of six.
The facts concerning these cattle are
in accordance with our experience year:
after year on the university farm, which
seems to show that, under present condi-
| ltions in Central Illinois: ;{
i. Increase Of weight in cattle Is most
chsaply occurred BY pastnrage without
any grain during the best part Of the
season. .}s 8
2. Feeding whole corn in the autumn.
months tocattle on the pasture is the
most economical method Of fattening.
cattle. The feeding is done with the;
least labor. When hogs follow the cattle!
There IS very little waste. The manure
is saved and distributed Withont cost.
While compare ratiyely low prices arctic be-
expected for cattle narksted IN the
autumn Of early winter, q fair profit has
been made annually Even with the
prevailing exception nally low prices, sales
have been made (for an ovembe delivery
Of most Of the cattle purchased last:
spring at a price which gives fairly sat
lisfactorly profit,
s.. After three or four months Of full
grain feeding a 5conside able decrease in
lrate of grain may be expected. si
Apparently, from so to 36 months
are the most prof fitable ages at which to-
/ sell cattle fattened on this system -ln-
1Iess those of q little greater age can be.
bought 1t a price which gives no profit
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