Live Stock Breeders' Association. 



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METHOD OF PREPARATION OF GRAIN PREFERRED. 



♦Snapped corn is a term applied quite commonly in the Mississippi Valley to corn that has 

 been broken off the stalk with the husk and shank adhering. 

 tThe corn and cob ground or crushed together. 

 tCorn meal or shelled corn ground. 



These tabulated data clearly show that the bulk of the feeders 

 give little or no attention, under most circumstances, to the pre- 

 paration of the grain, or that they feed it essentially in its natural 

 condition. 



Ear Corn — For example, it appears that ear corn, either snap- 

 ped* or husked, fed whole or broken, was reported as fed exclusively 

 by 53 per cent of the Missouri feeders, by 47 per cent of the Illi- 

 nois feeders, and by 31 per cent of the Iowa feeders, or by an aver- 

 age of 50 per cent of all the men answering the question concern- 

 ing the preparation of feed. 



It furthermore appears that ear corn was used exclusively or 

 for a part of the year or during the early part of the feeding per- 

 iod by 75.6 per cent of the Missouri feeders interviewed, 71 per 

 cent of the feeders from Iowa, and 53 per cent of those from Illi- 

 nois, or an average of 74 per cent of all the feeders interviewed. 



Shelled Corn — It appears, that shelled corn, dry, was fed, 

 either exclusively, or at some season, or in some part of the feed- 



•Ear corn with the husk adhering. 



