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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VI!., A. 1902 



Comparative Gains — Concluded. 



Dehorned — Ti ed. 



Original weight 



Weight end of 1st period . 

 ii 2nd ii 



ii 3rd n 



H 4th ii 



ii 5th ii 



Date. 



Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 



30. 

 28. 

 25. 

 22. 

 22. 



[April 18. 



Weight. 



4,650 lbs 



4,796 



4,889 



4,980 



5,215 



5,290 



Total Gain. 



640 lbs. 



Dehorned — Loose. 



Original weight 



Weight end of 1st period 

 ii 2nd n 



ii 3rd ii 



ii 4th n 



ii 5th ,i 



Date. 



Nov. 30. 

 Dec. 28. 

 Jan. 25 . 

 Feb. 22. 

 Mar. 22. 

 April 18. 



Weight. 



Gain. 



4,595 lbs 



4,801 



4,975 

 , ; 5,075 

 , 5,367 

 . 5,447 



206 lbs 

 174 

 100 

 292 

 80 



Total Gain. 



852 lbs. 



Cost of Feeding Each Lot of Four Steers. 



5,600 pounds of straw at $1 per ton $ 2 80 



2,240 pounds of corn fodder at $4 per ton 4 48 



11,536 pounds of ensilage at $2 per ton 11 53 



5,040 pounds of chop at 75 cents per hundred 37 80 



560 pounds of bran at $10 per ton 2 80 



$59 41 



Summary of Eesults. 



Sfeltz as Feed for Steers. 



As stabling is somewhat limited on the Experimental Farm, only four steers could 

 be used in this experiment. All were three-year-old Shorthorn grades, uniform in 

 Bize and quality. 



They were purchased in November, 1900, for $3.25 per hundred pounds, live 

 weight, and were sold in April for $4.60 per hundred pounds. 



All were tied in double stalls and fed a similar ration except that one group re- 

 ceived chop composed of one-third oats, one-third wheat screenings and one-third bar- 

 ley, and the other group received an equal quantity of chopped Speltz, which was 

 ground with the chaff on. 



It will be noticed that the steers fed on Speltz made a somewhat larger profit than 

 those fed on mixed grain. 



