Re: pearl's list update

"rick etter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "swamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:21:14 -0000, "pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
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> > > >Show where the math is 'bad', swamp, also where the data
> > > >is 'misapplied and undocumented'.
> > >
> > > You came up w/ the wildly impossible figures. Fixing your calcs is
> > > *your* job, not mine.
> >
> > Support your claims.
> >
> > restore;
> >
> > (Information from the USDA's Economic Research Service
> > shows that only one pound of beef is produced for every sixteen
> > pounds of grain consumed.
> > http://royal.okanagan.bc.ca/mpidwirn/agriculture/agriculture.html )
> >
> > The figures I've worked out, using industry data, is total feed
> > (grain + silage/hay) required for beef gain.
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> Again, there is no requirement, killer.

You moron.

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.

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.
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http://www.allenandpage.com/smallholders/healthcare/cattle1.htm.