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REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY. 



FEEDING TEST. 



399 



Twelve head were divided into three lots of four each and fed from 1st December, 

 1896, to 31st March 1897. The lots consisted of eleven 2J year old steers and one cow ; 

 the twelfth steer not beini^ procurable at the time the test commenced. 



Lot No. 1 was fed wheat-chaflF. 



Lot No. 2 was fed cut oat sheaves, and 



Lot No. 3 was fed cut Brome hay. 



To each of the animals fed as above was given the same ration of meal and 

 ensilage. The rations were in the proportion of 2 pounds ensilage to each pound of dry 

 fodder, and 6 pounds of meal per day (consisting of ground barley, 2 parts, ground 

 wheat, 1 part) to each animal for the first two months of the test. — During the last two 

 months each animal received 8 instead of 6 pounds of meal per day. The animals wei'e 

 fed three timet? a day and were fed for two weeks on a uniform ration before the test 

 commenced. 



Appended will be found the monthly and total gains of each lot : — 



It will be noticed that the principal gains were made during the first two months 

 when only 6 pounds of meal was fed per day to each animal. 

 Lot No. 2 did not do as well as Lots Nos. 1 and 3. 



PROFIT IN FEEDING STEERS. 



Six of the eleven steers used in this feeding test were purchased in the fall of 1896 

 and sold 5th May, 1897. 



Or a net gain per animal of $23.43 from which must be deducted the cost of feed 

 and labour. 



Five steers bred on Experimental Farm, when sold realized as follows :- 



