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Ground Limestone for Fattening Cattle

Kansas State College

Abstract

Many sections of the middle west and southwest cannot grow alfalfa or other legume crops satisfactorily. These same sections do grow grains and non-legume roughages, particularly the sorghums. Years of experimentation have demonstrated the advantages of utilizing these roughages in the form of silage. The ration farmers in this section of the country would like to use, consists of grain, a protein supplement—particularly cottonseed cake—and silage.

During the winter of 1920–21, the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station compared a ration consisting of corn, cottonseed meal, and cane silage with one consisting of corn, cottonseed meal, cane silage, and alfalfa hay. The first ration proved to be decidedly less desirable than the second. Later this same comparison was repeated twice. The results of each test were relatively the same. The average of these three tests is shown in Table 1.