REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 



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quantities of meal being added to the different rations, an equal quantity of meal 

 per head per day, was fed to the animals which were classed for comparison in the 

 two groups. 



Four steers (two of them 2-year-old8 and two of them l-year-olds) were arranged 

 into Group I. and were fed on ration No. 2, as under; and four steers of similar age, 

 quality and breeding, were put Into Group XI. and fed on ration No. 3, as under. 



Table III. , 



Ration No. 2. 



Hay (cut) ..... 

 Roots (turnips) 

 Straw (cut) . , . 



Lbs. 



20 



40 



5 



65 



Ration No. 3. 



Corn ensilage 

 Straw (cut) . 



Lbs. 



50 

 5 



55 



The animals were allowed as much of the mixtui-e as they would eat. The 

 meal, which was fed in addition, was a mixture of equal parts by weight of ground 

 barley, pease and frosted wheat. The two-year-old steers in both groups were given 

 5 lbs. per head per day of the meal ; and the one-year-old steers in both groups 

 were given 4 lbs. per head per day of the meal. Occasionally, when the animals 

 "were off their feed," the meal was reduced for a few days. 



The two-year-old steers in both groups wore fed for comparison in a test in 

 1891-92 ; and the following table of the rate of gain during the feeding period of 18 

 weeks at that time, shows that the animals were nearly evenly classed. In that 

 test they were all fed on ration No. 3 (corn ensilage, straw and meal) : — 



Table IV. 



Group I., steer No. 177 

 do do 178 



Group II. do 175 



do do 176 



Increase 



in 

 Weight. 



Lbs. 



163 1 



173 / 



129 \ 



172 j" 



Feed con- 

 sumed per 

 head 

 per day. 



Lbs. 

 45-25 

 43 -94 



Cost per 



head 

 per day. 



Cents. 

 964 

 9-36 



During the preparatory period, for the feeding test of 1892-93, from Oct. 6 to 

 Nov. 22, these four steers were fed on the ordinary maintenance ration. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the gain in weight during that period. 



Table V. 



8c— 5 



