The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-27
Questions of the Feed Lot
Ground Ear and SheHod Corn Ahke
Professor Herbert w. Hum/ord
Illinois College of AsriegJtvys

Gs ENPECT to feed some cattle on grass
this summer and would like to ask
which * preferable, ground car corn or
ground shelled corn. Do you think II would
be advisable TO supplement tho corn with
bran oats? The cattle will have access
TO clover, timothy and blue grass pasture.
would also like TO know what would be the
value OF barley hulls for fattening cattle. II
they have any value, would you recommend
them Tor dry feeding OF for feeding on grass?
have been having barley ground for slop for
hogs. but do not Ike tho hulls in IT for that
purpose. and I thought II they would be OF
any value as feed for other stock would try
TO sift them out"
There Is but little difference Ia the gnins
made by cattle fed ground car corn and
ground shcllcd corn. and the choice OF these
methods OF preparing corn should depend
upon which you can do most cheapiy. Soaked
shclled corn is especially well adapted to
grazing cattle and many feeders nnd 1t a
moro economical ration than cornmeal. So
long as cattle win eat broken car corn IN
suihclent Quantities without getting sore
mouths. 1t is quite as satisfactory as ground
corn. would not advise supplemcnting the
corn with bran or oats on the kind OF pasHlrc
you mention, the clover and other graSsc5
VIII furnish all the protein necessary and at
less cost Barley huls have very little feed
ing value for feeding cattle, and / do not
think you could AFFORD TO sift them from YOUR
barley meal for this purpose We have made
no analysis of barley hulls. but as oat hulls
nave oecn shown to be similar TO wheat
straw In composition. II may be assumed that
barley hulls have about tho same feed value
r. j wish TO ask You lot or questions in
regard to cottonsccd meal. / am sure that
1t would do the cattle we are feeding in
pasture much good and possibly my drv-fad
Blacks. | have an offer that looks nrcttv
low TO me and think OF getting a carload
which can get laid down here at $50 por ion
and ] guess dollar two less HOW does
that compare with corn at co cents per bush
cl? The steers on grass have plenty OF grass
and twenty pounds Of shcllcd corn a day
The dry-fed steers. twenty OF them
eat ten bushels. one-ifth oimcal and four
hfths ground shclcd corn. per day with
clover hay Tor roughage. How much cotton
seed meal can feed prontaby at above fig
ures with perfect safety 10 hogs that follow
cattlep Had the meal better be fine or pea
size2 The dry-fcd cattle ate twelve bushel,
day TIL the weather got so hot"
Cottonseed meal is especially valuable az
supplement TO corn when cattle are on IuII
feed on pasture. with corn at so cents per
bushel and cottonseed meal at $50 per ton
would recommend the use OF three pounds of
cottonsced meal per day per 1000 pounds
live weight OF cattle, and certainly think that
II would be economy TO use IL. besides getting
a smoother and quicker finish on Tie cattle
There VIII be difficulty in permitting hogs
to follow the cattle receiving the amount Of
cottonsced meal stated. providing reasonable
care Is used in not giving tho hogs access TO
the meal directly.