Creep Feeding in Western North Dakota and Subsequent Feed Lot Performance

1966. , A1 . Each year in June, the cows and their calves were weighed and allotted at random to one of three separate native grass pastures. Whole oats was provided in a creep feeder to the calves in one of the pastures from the first of July until weaning in mid-October. Table 1 summarizes actual and adjusted wean­ ing weights of the calves for the trial period. Re­ cords used in computing the adjusted weights in­ cluded sire of calf, age and weight of the cow, birth weight, June weight, weaning weight, sex and age of the calf. _______.________