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Fattening Steers Individually and in Groups on Milo Grain at Two Levels of Feeding

United States Department of Agriculture

J. M. Jones

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

The acreage used for grain sorghum production has increased materially in the southern Great Plains since 1919. The harvested acreage of grain sorghum in the United States for grain and forage purposes increased from 3,630,000 acres in 1919 to 7,792,000 acres in 1938. The acreage in Texas alone was approximately 3,238,000 in 1938, with Kansas and Oklahoma following in that order with approximately 1,343,000 and 1,211,000 acres.

As the production of grain sorghums increased in the southern Great Plains, the producers, many of whom were considerable distances from shipping points, began to look for ways and means of marketing the crops other than as grain. Much of the grain was produced within the region where cattle production was or had been the principal industry. Previous experiments in the feeding of grain sorghums indicated that they compared favorably with corn for beef production. These experiments also showed that threshed milo and milo heads in both ground and unground forms could be used satisfactorily in beef cattle fattening rations. Grinding of the grain proved advisable, but on the other hand, any increased gain due to threshing was not sufficient to justify the additional cost.