Word: rumen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there will be more meat, less waste, less expense in raising it. Some experts also believe that even the traditional feed-lot method of fattening cattle with expensive corn can be greatly improved. One development in feeding is the use of synthetic urea to nourish the bacteria in the rumen (part of a steer's stomach) so that a steer can be readied for market on cotton burrs, corncobs and even sawdust in its food...