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HEAVY VS. LIGHT FEED OF CORN WITH ALFALFA AND CORN -STOVER. 



The steers on the light ration of corn were never given to 

 exceed fourteen pounds of corn per day, the average daily ration 

 for the tw^enty-four w^eeks being 13.89 pounds, while the full-fed 

 steers were given as high as 24 pounds per day, an average of 

 22.33 pounds for the period of twenty weeks fed. The light fed 

 steers consumed as much more roughness as the heavy fed steers 

 consumed more corn. 



It is interesting to note that the ten steers on the light grain 

 ration made the same gain in six months (24 weeks) that the 

 heavy fed steers made in five months (20 weeks). The light fed 

 steers were equally well finished with the extra month's feeding 

 and sold at $5.50 per hundred, the top of the South Omaha market, 

 May 14, 1907, when there was a heavy run of cattle. The heavy 

 fed cattle sold for $5.65 April 16th, one month previous, when the 

 market was 20 cents per hundred higher, as found by averaging the 

 selling price of the top hundred steers April 16th, and the same 

 number May 14th. In computing the net profits in the above table, 

 both lots were figured at $5.38 per hundred net, the price received 

 for the heavy fed cattle on home weights at the close of the experi- 

 ment. At last winter's (1906-07) prices on feeds, viz., shelled 

 corn 36 cents per bushel, snapped corn 35 cents, alfalfa hay $8.00 

 per ton, and stover $2.50 per ton, the heavy fed steers produced 

 gains at a net cost (deducting pork from droppings) of $5.46 per 

 hundred, compared with $5.62 for the light fed steers. Had the 

 alfalfa hay cost $5.00 per ton instead of $8.00 — and alfalfa in the 



