EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 



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BEPORT OF THE SECTION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



Director R. S. Shaw, 



College. 

 Dear Sir: 



I have the honor to submit the following report of the experimental 

 work conducted l)y the Animal Husltandry Section during the year ending 

 June 30, 1922. 



The work started with stover silage in 1020 ivs being eontinued. The 

 steers in Lot 1 were fed normal corn silage; Lot 2, stover silage; and Lot 

 3, stover silage with the corn which was removed when the stover was 

 ensiloed returned to tlie ration. The results of the two years' work are 

 as follows : 



-Loss. 



*+Profit. 



This test will be repeated during the winter of 1922-23, after which a 

 final report will be made. 



Five trials have been conducted with seven lots of pigs in each trial to 

 detennine the relative efficiency of the different grains commonly grown 

 in Michigan. 



Rations used were as follows, all feeds being self -fed — free-choice 

 method. 



Lot 1 — ^Corn, Barley, Rye and Tankage. 



Lot 2 — Rye and Tankage. 



Lot 3 — Barley and Tankage. 



Lot 4 — Corn and Tankage. 



Lot 5 — Barley, Rye and Tankage, 



Lot 6 — Barley, Middlings and Tankage. 



Lot 7 — Rye, Middlings and Tankage. 



