EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 



169 



57 Lime for Calhonn County Soils 9,000 issue 



r)S Lime for Berrien Connty Soils 9,000 issne 



59 Lime for Ottawa County Soils 9,000 issue 



()0 Lime for Kalamazoo County Soils 9,000 issue 



Poultry 



52 Issues of Press Bulletins — Weekly Reports of Egg 

 Laying Contest. 



TecliniciiJs 



57 Studies on Active Bases and Excess Acids In Min- 

 eral Soils 4,500 issue 



5S The Occurrence of Proto7>oa in Plants atfected with 



Mosaic and related diseases 4,500 issue 



59 Flat Sours 4,500 issue 



00 The Influence of Manufacturing Operation On the 



Bacterial Content of Ice Cream 4,500 issue 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. B. HILL, 

 Assistant to the Director of Experiment Station. 



REPORT OF THE SECTION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



To the Director: 



Sir:— I have the honor t<» sulnnit the following I'eport of the experi- 

 mental woi'k conducted by the Animal Husbandry Section during the 

 year ending June i!?0, 1923. 



A third test with normal silage fed to Lot I, stover silage fed to Lot 

 II and stover silage ])lus the corn which was removed at the time of 

 ensiloing returned to the ration, to Lot III. 



The average results of the three tests are as follows: 



Lot I 



Lot II 



Lot III 



Average Initial Weight. 

 Average Final Weight. . 

 Average Gain per Steer. 

 Average Daily Gain 



Average Daily Ration: 



Normal Silage 



Stover Silage. 



Protein Supplement , . 



Shelled Corn 



Clover Hav 



843 5 

 1,206 2 

 362 6 

 2 35 



42 66 



Feed Consumed per pound of gain: 



Normal Silage 



Stover Silage 



Protein Supplement 



Shelled Corn 



Clover Hay 



2 34 

 .5 05 

 2.82 



18 12 



Cost per Cwt. Gain (not crediting pork produced) . 

 CoBt per Cwt. gain (Crediting pork produced) 



995 

 2 146 

 1.19 



8 996 

 8.21 



843 5 

 1,106 

 262 5 

 1.70 



43 15 

 2.34 

 5 73 

 3 10 



25 31 

 I 374 

 3 36 

 1.81 



9.90 

 9.25 



848.9 

 ,141.3 

 292.4 

 1.90 



40 91 

 2 34 

 8 74 

 3.10 



21 .55 



1 2.34 



4 6 



1 63 



10 47 

 9.56 



