1. Liveweight gains per steer and per acre and grazing day
per acre for grasses with nitrogen and legumes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
 
2. Dry matter, crude protein, and digestible dry matter
requirements to grow and fatten a steer at various daily
liveweight gains  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
 
3. Stages of plant growth influence crude protein and mineral
contents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
 
4. Mild (4% butterfat) produced per cow fed good quality 
alfalfa hay as compared to cows grazing good pasture with
rates of supplementation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
 
5. Expected daily liveweight gains of yearling cattle
consuming various forages without additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
 
6. Guide for utilizing and managing forage species and
mixtures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
 
7. Compromising yield and quality of hay and the botanical
composition of an alfalfa-orchardgrass mixture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
 
8. Animal days grazing and products per animal and per acre
with rotational and continuous grazing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
 
9. Milk production per cow, dry matter intake, and digest-
ibility of ingested pasture by first and last grazers . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
 
10. Liveweight gains per animal grazing the entire canopy
as compared to first and last grazers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
 
11. Liveweight gains per animal and per acre with first and
last grazers as compared to rotational grazing where animals
graze the entire canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
 
12. Nursing calves order than 4 months require food in addition
to milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
 
13. Low energy rations for cows do not restrict growth of 4 to 8
month old calves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
 
14. Daily gain, intake, and digestibility of alfalfa-
orchardgrass hay and unwilted silage harvested at different
growth stages and fed to steers with and without grain  . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
 
15. The influence of dry matter content and growth stage of
Orchardgrass-alfalfa silage on digestibility, intake, and daily
gain of steers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
 
16. Intake and liveweight gains of steers fed alfalfa-
orchardgrass hay or silage alone and supplemented with energy 
feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
 
17. Corn silage supplemented with protein compared to a high
grain ration for fattening steers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
 
18. The composition and digestibility of corn siland and a
fattening ration fed to steers at Middleburg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53