The Value of Certain Supplements for Beef Cattle Fed Harvested Green Alfalfa
- 1 November 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 12 (4) , 806-811
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1953.124806x
Abstract
Data are reported from an experiment with beef cattle on the value of Sudan hay, barley, and molasses as supplements for cattle fed alfalfa soilage. The cattle fed green alfalfa plus a minimum of Sudan hay to prevent bloat and scours gained an average of 1.17 pounds per day and produced 193 and 103 pounds of beef per acre for the two successive 30-day periods respectively. Sudan hay free-choice caused little change in daily gain but a slight decrease in production of beef. Barley increased daily gains but did not increase beef production per acre. Molasses not only decreased gains but lowered substantially the amount of beef produced. Calculations of TDN by two methods are compared and discussed. Copyright © . .This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Estimation of Total Digestible Nutrients from Digestible Organic MatterJournal of Animal Science, 1953