I grind all corn fine, find that hogs do about as well; if I clear my hogs I am do- 2 Soaked corn unsatisfactory, as too much passes through unmasticated; do not think Snapped corn and all the flax straw they will eat. Feed cattle chiefly to help out 1.5 My best gains were with ear corn and corn stover. Keep good hay by them. Have crushed, shelled, etc., but have had best results from snapped corn; linseed 1.5 Usually begin feeding in February; on grass use peck of corn soaked 12 hours fed in the evening. Flax straw and prairie hay for roughness in winter. Fill self feeders as the grain is gathered and add some oats to the ear corn, clo- Crushed corn in summer; in winter ear or crushed corn and fax straw; feed three Broken ear corn until last 30 or 60 days, when change to shelled corn; give plenty Put calves in feed lot as soon as weaned, on soft snapped corn broken fine, and 2 Plenty of ear corn and hay or stover. Ear whole if hogs do well; otherwise grind shelled corn; crushed cob is worth less; for roughness prefer clover first, mowed oats second; timothy never. 1.5-2 Ear corn, flax straw, millet or clover-all the roughness they will eat. .5 Shelled corn with free access to ear corn both husked and snapped; prefer clover for roughness; flax straw next, timothy last. Ear or shelled corn ground fine, with from two to four pounds of cottonseed or linseed meal; clover hay or flax straw, all they will eat. ...... Thomas Archibald, Carrollton 23 2000 120-280 Summer Shed 1300-1400 1.50 1.00 J. E. McGlailtrery, Strasburg 20 1000 150 Feb.-June Shed 1000-1200 1.00 Shed 1200-1600 1.00 4 APPENDIX: Summary of answers to questions in regard to the most profitable method of fattening cattle. METHODS OF FEEDING. Chariton County. Thomas Calvin, W. J. Bogan, of 20 600 150-180 Summer Shed Summer 1350-1400 .87 .. 30 1200 240 & Fall Shed 1500-1600 20 2100 200 Winter Shed 1300-1500 1.75 Jno. D. Wallace, Keytesville 20 ... 90-120 Fall Shed 1300-1450 1.00 W. L. Campbell, Rothville 20 3000 120-180 Aug.- Jan. Shed 1.50 H. P. Eastwood, Dalton 18 160-180 Fall Lot 1250--1300 1.00 1.25 Use ear corn as long as they do well, then crush; never shell unless you soak; Corn, oats, linseed meal hay and sorghum; get most rapid gains on the large .75 Just what ear corn they will clean up; they soon learn to shell it; mixed clover Ear or ground corn and all the hay they will eat. Crush 1.5 Feed twice daily, usually on crushed corn; if hay is plentiful feed all they will eat All 1-2 As a rule the most money is made from feeding ear corn and plenty of timothy and corn stover; better gains can be made from mixed feeds but will cost more. 1.50 Ear corn and plenty of timothy and clover hay and occasionally straw. Plenty of water. Feeding would be poor business if it were not for the hogs. 1.25 Ear corn and plenty of clover, timothy or millet. Do not think crushing pays ex Prefer grinding and crushing to soaking corn. Feed timothy and clover for rough 1.50 Ear or shelled corn and timothy hay, with access to straw stack. Do not like Ear corn and sorghum or timothy straw, they will eat too much good hay; half 10 200 200-250 Fall Shed 1200-1400 1.75 Give free access to both ear and shelled corn and good timothy hay. 10 600 180 Summer Shed 1450 1.50 Ear corn, timothy, clover and stover to grass, and full feed to August or Sep- 2-8 Snap'd 5. Snapped corn and clover hay mixed with timothy. Snapped corn with three pounds of bran and one pound of linseed meal and a little hay. Without hogs I grind or soak the corn. .30 1500 Summer Open Shed 1250-1400 1.00 MISSOURI. J. M. Sanders, E. M. Shupe, E. M. Williams, George Long, Wien .... ..... R. A. Parch, Newhall Benj. Hayes, Shannondale L. H. Herring, Jr W. H. Summers, Salisbury ence OWNER'S NAME pasture. 30 6000 150 Summer Shed&Barn 1400 1.00 3 Ear Spring & 2 Ear 1.5 Ear corn chopped fine with an ax, and a limited amount of corn stover. A. L. Welch, 10 500 250 Summer Shed 1450-1500 1.00 J. M. Riddell, 25 2000 150 Fall Shed 1300-1500 1.35 Snap'd 1.5 Snapped corn broken, twice daily on grass. Each year I get good hay off the 1.5 Ear corn with a little corn meal and bran and all the hay they will eat. Give shock corn until on full feed, then snapped corn, and during the last two months shelled corn with a little linseed meal or bran. Ear corn until last seventy days, when it should be shelled; all the roughness they will eat, and plenty of grass. meal over the corn for eighty head. 1.5 Broken ear corn once, and timothy twice daily; sprinkle fifty pounds of linseed Sons, Revere 20 1000210-270 Summer Barn 1300-1400 2 Ear 2 Shock corn until on full feed: then ear corn with one pound of linseed meal; all W. T. Shocklett, Wyaconda 15 500 120-150 Summer & the stover, clover and timothy they will eat. Shed 1200-1300 1.00 2 Ear 1 All the ear corn and timothy hay they will eat. C. Morris, 10 500 180-240 Summer Shed 1500 .50 2 Ear 1.5 What ear corn and timothy hay they will eat up clean; sprinkle about a peck W. M. Boulware, of linseed meal on the corn to each load of cattle twice daily. Gregory 40 1000 120 Nov.-M'ch Lot 1400 1.20 2 Ear John Mante, 1.5 Ear corn in a self feeder, and allow cattle to run to a straw rick; prefer straw for roughness. Chambersburg 30 1000 180-360 Summer Shed 1200-1300 .87 1-2 Snap'd 1.5 Begin in February on snapped corn with plenty of hay; water and salt by them B. B. Best, and finish on grass. Wayland 10 750 Fall Open shed 1300-1400 1.00 3 Shell 2 Shelled corn, oats and all the timothy and millet they will eat. Ear corn and all the oat straw or corn stover they will eat; hay scours while cob prevents it. Ear corn in winter with free access to all kinds of roughness; on grass add oats to the corn. Split ear corn and plenty of hay or straw; sometimes add a little oats or linseed meal; flies too bad in midsummer for good results. 2-3 Shell. 1.75 Shelled corn and all the timothy hay they will eat; I like linseed meal for the last sixty days to put on a good finish. Shelled corn on grass; in winter stover for roughness; prefer scrubs as can buy them so as to make more money. Liberty 20 4500 150-180 Summer 1200-1400 1.12 2 shell 1 Ear & Half feed ear corn March to May; full feed on shell corn to finish; full feeding has not paid of late years. 1.5 Ear or shelled corn with some oats if available; prefer clover hay. 1.5 Half feed shelled corn on grass until last sixty days when full feed; aim to have grass in winter and summer. Eight pounds corn meal ground fine, 4 pounds bran, 4 pounds cottonseed meal, makes full feed for 1200 pound steer; half feed to within forty days of finish. soaked 2 Prefer shelled or soaked corn in the evening near water, and keep racks full of Ear & 1 clover or millet hay to keep cattle from scouring. Shock corn until March, then snapped corn and shelled corn on grass; cottonseed meal excellent in winter but not good in summer; clover best roughness. lowed per steer?.. Number of hogs al corn? How do you feed your full feed? years put your cattle on At what age do you What margin of profit METHODS OF FEEDING. APPENDIX: Summary of answers to questions in regard to the most profitable method of fattening cattle. T. J. Wornall, Mosby 15 2000 300 J. H. Moveness, Missouri City.. 28 3500 180 Lot Summer Shelter 1400-1500 1.75 Summer 1200-1350 1.12 L. S. Watkins, Winner 20 1250 270-300 Summer Shed 1350-1400 1.25 2 Ear & shell Ear & shell Ear & 1.5-2 Half feed on shock corn November to February; snapped corn to grass; shelled corn and snapped corn to finish; have had good results from cottonseed meal. Half feed shock and snapped corn through winter, and either shelled or snapped corn to finish on grass; never grind or soak. shell 1 Ear corn broken first half and finish on shelled corn, plenty of clover and stover; half feed six months; full feed three or four months. Shock corn until on full feed at grass; graze without grain to middle of July and full feed sixty days. Shell 1.75 Ear corn twice daily with a little linseed meal once a day and timothy or clover All the ear or shelled corn they will clean up morning and evening, with plenty Either ear or shelled corn and all the clover or stover they will eat. Half feed ear corn to grass and continue same on grass to August or September 2-3 Shell 1.5 Snapped or shelled corn and all the clover hay or millet they will eat, with an 1.5-2 I do not make baby beef; prefer to utilize roughness and grass to better advantage than in full feeding from weaning time; aim to feed on grass in cool weather. Shell 1.5 Ear corn broken fine twice daily and plenty of timothy, clover and stover in winter; in summer corn once daily. Mecca .. ...... 8 400 250 Summer Shed 1450 .87 1.5 Ear 1.5 Full feed March to grass; three fourths feed ninety days, and full feed ninety days, on clover and timothy pasture; blue grass and corn in fall, 66 Shock and snapped corn and hay to grass; shelled corn and sometimes three and 1.5 Ear corn broken or shelled, on bluegrass and clover pastures; I feed from eight to twelve months, but only ninety days on full feed, usually in the fall. Clay (Con.) S. C. Heisler, Plattsburg 11 650 270-365 Summer R. Morgan, Jr. Summer Plattsburg 11000 180 Lilly 30 1500 & Fall Thomas Fitzgerald, Average tle fed.... Total number of cat Number years experi ence OWNER'S NAME MISSOURI. E. Schuberth, 5 100 Winter Barn 1200 2 ooper County. 14 .. 2100240 Summer 1200 1.00 3-4 Ear 1 Use roughness until March, then half feed to June 1st; graze to August getting eo. Haberle, ..... 18 1260 120 Fall & Shed 1200-1300 1.00 aviess County. 2.5-3 Ear 2 Begin with shock corn; use ear corn when on full feed twice daily with all the flax straw, stover or wheat straw they will eat. .75 Full feed to March 1st with all the hay they want in winter, and on good grass 1.5 Winter well and finish on grass. Feed ear corn whole; prefer stover or millet for roughness. Crush 1 Ear corn, timothy and clover in winter; crushed corn on grass; cottonseed meal excellent if not too high; access to salt and sometimes add sulphur and ashes. Crush 1.5 Bluegrass and full feed of corn at night only; in winter clover, timothy and corn; keep cattle off of frozen grass when on full feed. or ear 2 Feed twice daily and keep troughs well cleaned out; all the clover and timothy they will eat. 20 200 Summer Shed 1300-1400 1.00 2 Ear 1.5 Full feed ear corn; plenty of hay, stover and kafir fodder; free access to salt. calv's Crush 1 Feed calves entirely; begin with crushed corn-3 quarts daily until February, 4 1.5 Plenty of corn, water, salt, bluegrass or timothy hay; timothy prevents scouring. 1.5 Take 50 days to get on full feed and keep corn by them afterwards; feed bran and oats three times per week; plenty of hay and stover. 25 900 180 Winter barn 1400-1500 1.00 2 Ear 2 Good ear corn, a little bran and all the clover hay they will eat. Snapped corn or ground; variety of roughness-clover hay with an occasional Begin in October with snapped corn on grass; later lot the cattle and keep corn, 25 400 180 Summer Shed 1500--1600 1.00 .... -3 Ear 2 Full feed of snapped corn and hay. .5 Feed heifer calves entirely; shelled corn and clover twice daily from December 10 1000 240-365 M'ch-Dec. 1300-1500 1.00 2 Grind .5 Two thirds corn meal, one third bran with timothy and prairie hay until grass. B. Starrett, Spring & 19 1200 120-180 Summer Lot 1400-1500 .87 2.5 Ear Never allow a box of salt in feed lot. 1.5 Full feed snapped corn and oat straw or timothy. O. Southard, ole County. m. Lusk, ade County. Jameson as. Feurh, Jameson as Everly, Coffeyburg as. Tuggle, Gallatin Jameson K. Eads, Gallatin as. A. Mann, Gallatin helby Morris, Gallatin eo. E. Spivet, Jamesport ..... . J. Drummond, Jamesport ..... 1. A. Prichard, Coffeyburg Maysville Baxford Amity 12 5500 90-180 Fall Lot 1200-1500 .87 2-3 Grind 1 Prefer ground corn and one or two pounds of cottonseed meal daily and plenty of timothy hay; do not like snapped corn. |