REPORT OF THE APRICULTURIST CT 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Meal consumed consisted of : Oats, 387 lbs.; gluten, 255i lbs.; oil meal, 101 J lbs.; 

 bran, 154. 



Lot ' L' — (Steer Calves) — Fattening Ration. 



Number of steers in lot G 



First weight, gross 740 lbs. 



First weight, average 123 '' 



Last weight, gross 2,900 " 



Last weight, average 483 " 



Total gain in 214 days 2,1G0 " 



Average gain per steer 3G0 " 



Daily gain for lot, 6 steers 10*08 " 



Daily gain per steer 1 -GS " 



Gross cost of feed $ 59 83 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain 2 77 



Average cost of feed per steer 9 97 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 6 steers 2,025 lbs. 



Amount of roots and ensilage 9,240 " 



Amount of hay 1,512 " 



Green feed 9,403 



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Meal consumed consisted of : Oats, 780 lbs.; oil meal, 171 lbs.; barley meal, 33G; 

 and bran, 738. 



Lot ' M' — (Steer Calves) — LimiledBatlon Lot. 



Number of steers in lot 6 



First weight, gross 490 lbs. 



First weight, average 81 " 



Last weight, gross 2,530 " 



Last weight, average 421 " 



Total gain in 214 days 2,040 " 



Average gain per steer 340 " 



Daily gain for lot, G steers 9'53 " 



Daily gain per steer 1-58 " 



Gross cost of feed $ 57 90 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain 2 83 



Average cost of feed per steer 9 G5 



Amount of meal eaten by lot«of 6 steers 1,878 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 10,842 " 



Amount of hay 1.599 '' 



Amount of green feed 7,2GG " 



Meal consumed consisted of : Oats, 780 lbs.; oil meal. 90; barley meal, 273; bran, 

 729. 



SUGAR BEET PULP. 



'Improved Molasses Cattle Feed,' the namo under which the Dresden Beet Sugar 

 Manufacturing Company placed the combined dried sugar beet pulp and residual 

 molasses from their factory upon the market, is a feed that has received a fairly 

 thorough and very careful test during the past winter months. 



Before entering into a full report of the experiments conducted it may be stated 

 in a general way that this preparation is one that, according to shipments received here 

 lacks in uniformity of composition. The molasses would appear to have been mixed 

 with the pulp in an irregular way so that when feeding it to animals there is not 

 likely to be much uniformity in the composition of succeeding portions fed. This 



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