Re: pearl's list update

"pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "rick etter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > The figures I've worked out, using industry data, is total feed
> > > (grain + silage/hay) required for beef gain.
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> > Here's where you start lying...   There is no 'requirment' for
> > grains+silage/hay for beef to gain weight....
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> CATTLE FEEDING GUIDE
> 07/09/2002
> The cow's natural diet consists of grass and they can maintain
> themselves on grass alone. However, they will soon lose condition
> on this unsupplemented diet. For good all year round productivity
> generous and careful feeding is *required* from calfhood right
> through the animal's life.
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What a hoot.  Wonder why they weren't extinct...


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> As a rough guide a cow of average size (a Guernsey) will need
> a minimum of 7kg of hay per day, whilst a Holstein or a Friesian
> will need a minimum of 9kg. A Dexter will need a minimum of 5kg.
> *The cow will need hay even if she has access to grass as there is
> little or no feed value in winter grass. Alternatives such as silage,
> roots, feeding straw, sugar beet tops, brewers grains, brassicas,
> and other feedstuffs such as apples can be used to partially replace
> the hay ration.* Do be careful though, as the feed values of these
> vary, and there may be drawbacks. Sugar Beet tops should have
> been wilted for at least 10 days or they will have a profound effect
> on the cow's bowels!
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> Feeding Young Livestock
> Youngstock (weaned calves and older animals which have not
> been mated or penned for fattening) are fed in much the same way.
> ..
> http://www.allenandpage.com/smallholders/healthcare/cattle1.htm.
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> > end of your lys, right here...
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> Get a clue, lying hypocrite.
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You should, killer.

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