liEPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 39^ 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16* 



After two weeks of preparatory feeding they were divided into two groups, ac- 

 corcling to age. 



All were tied in double stalls and fed all they would cat of the following ration: — 



Ration per day for each one-year-old steer — 



Corn fodder 15 H^g 



Oat straw 8 " 



Corn ensilage 17 " 



Swede turnips 10 " 



Wheat bran 5 « 



Ground grain 3 to G " 



Ration per daj- for each two-year-old steer- 

 Corn fodder 15 lbs. 



Oat straw 8 " 



Corn ensilage IV " 



Swede turnips 10 " 



Wlieat bran 5 " 



Ground grain 4 to 8 " 



DEsCRIPTlOX OF FODDER. 



The fodder corn was Pearce's Prolific, cut v/hen in the early milk stage, v.ell 

 cured in the stooks outside and drawn in ns wanted. This was cut into one-inch 

 iengtlip. The straw was mixed wheat and oat. The grain v.'as composed of one-third 

 each of barley, oats and wheat screenings, ground somewhat coarsely. The amount of 

 grain fed was increased slightly each month until the test wa.s completed. 



COMPARATIVE GAINS. 



One j'ear old steers. 



Original weight of steers. . . 



Weiglit at end of 1st term. . 

 M 2nd >. ... 



II :^rd II 



II 4th II . . 



Date. 





Dec. 11, 1003. 

 Jan. 8. 1!)04. 

 Feb. 5, 1!)!4. 

 Mairli 4, 10)4. 

 April 1, 1904. 



Weiglit. 



4,i)40 lbs, 

 5,235 M 

 5,520 ,. 

 5,8(i5 

 f:,032 



Total Gain. 



1,1.52 lbs. 



Two year old steers. 



Diite. 



Weight. 



Original weight of steers Dec. 11,1003., 



Weight at end of 1st term i.Taii. S, 1004 . 



2nd .1 Feb. 5,1001., 



3rd II March 4, 1004., 



II 4th II April 1, 1004., 



Gain. 



Total Gain. 



j370 lbs, 

 205 „ , 

 i375 n . 

 ;130 ,. . 



1,170 lbs. 



COST OF FKKDIXG. 



One-year-old steers — 



9,000 lbs. of fodder corn, at $4 per ton $18 00 



4,788 lbs. of straw, at $1 per ton 2 39 



5,040 lbs. of turnips, at 5 cents per bushel 4 95 



11.058 lbs. of ensilage, at $2 per ton 11 05 



2,970 lbs. of bran, at $12 per ton 17 82 



2,766 lbs. of chop, at 75c. per 100 lbs 20 74 



$74 95 



