This test was to compared the following three winter
treatments for young cows on bluestem pasture. Treatment
1 -- One pound of soybean oil meal and 2 pounds of ground
sorghum grain per head daily during the entire winter
feeding period. Treatment 2 -- One and a half pounds of
soybean meal fed per heifer daily until 50 days before
the feeding season ended, then ground sorghum grain was
fed. The same total amount of sorghum grain as fed under
treatment 1 throughout the winter was concentrated during
the last 50 days with the soybean oil meal discontinued
when grain feeding reached the quantity to supply the
same amount of protein as those on treatment 1 received.
Treatment 3-- Dehydrated alfalfa fed at 3.3 pounds and
ground sorghum grain at 1 pound per heifer daily during
the entire winter feeding period.
