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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Table 22. StiIDdard livestock feed requirements and production rates <br /> <br />r"' <br />c.;: <br />r- <br />.... <br /> <br />i j <br /> <br />Class of livestock <br /> <br />Days Production feed requirements <br />fed Pas ture cl <br /> Corn Oats <br /> (Bu.) (Eu. ) (A.U.M.) <br />365 "00 lb. calf " 1. 20 1.00, 6 <br />365 6 7 1.00 1.25 3 <br />365 " 5 0.75 6 <br />180 135 lb. gain 1.35 <br />180 180 lb. fain 3 <br />365 10 7 2.00 6 <br /> <br /> <br />w <br />a; <br /> <br />Bee f cow::! <br />Yearling heifer al <br />Two-year-old hei fer al <br />Wintering calves ~ <br />Feeders on summer <br />pasture bl <br />Dull ~ <br /> <br />al Doane's P.gricultural Report, "Peec Reouirements for Livestock," Page 213 096,") <br />bl Doane 1 s Agricultural Report. "l'interinr. Beef Cattle," PilF,e 260 (1964) <br />cl Judgl'lent estimate <br /> <br />Peed substitution rates--Substitution of feed is made where necessary on the basis of one bushel of <br />corn or one ton of alfalfa hay equivalent. One bushel of corn is equivalent in feeding value to <br /><).93 busj--,el of wheat, 2.20 bushels of 02ts, 1.25 hushels 0f barley. One ton of alfalfa hay is <br />equivalent to 2.0 tons of low-protein c~J rourh~F.e. 0ne Mnimal-unit month of pasture is equiv~lent <br />in fee cine value to O. "2 ton of alfaJ fa hay. <br />