Previous tests have shown that two or two and one-half pounds of
grain daily will winter heifer calves well, which are to be full fed
for an early market either after wintering or following wintering and
grazing without grain 75 to 100 days.
This wintering phase was preparatory to grazing and feeding. Comparisons
are being made of full feeding in the dry lot and feeding on
bluestem grass and brome grass of both the well-wintered and rough-wintered
heifers.
The objectives of this work with heifer calves are:
1. - To determine the best methods of utilizing grass in fattening
heifers.
2 - To develope systems of fattening heifers that may be adapted
to varying farm and ranch conditions.
Dehydrated alfalfa and dehydrated brome grass pellets were compared
with soybean meal, cottonseed meal and linseed meal as protein
supplements in the winter rations.
