4G8 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



our corn bring more as beef than when sold direct to the elevator companies, 

 even though the selling price of finished cattle is not far in advance of cost 

 price, as was true in many of these experiments. The importance of manure 

 and the growing of alfalfa and clover as agencies contributing to the mainte- 

 nance and increase of land fertility argue further for this mode of selling a 

 larger part of our annual corn crop. The cattle industry deserves much greater 

 attention in this State than has been given it in the past." 



The bulletin also contains some illustrations showing prize winners exhibited 

 at the International Live Stock Show, 1906, by the department of animal hus- 

 bandry of the University of Nebraska. 



Dried beet pulp for fattening steers, R. S. Shaw, and H. W. Norton, Jr. 

 {Michigan Sta. Bui. 24~, pp. 157-165). — In one of the 3 tests with steers or 

 younger animals which are reported, corn meal and oil cake and dried beet 

 pulp and oil cake 5 : 1 were fed. In the other two tests the ?atio of the two 

 feeds to oil cake was 5:2. A ration of corn meal, dried beet pulp and oil cake 

 r» : 5 : 4 was also included in 2 of the tests. The coarse fodder consisted of 

 clover hay or timothy hay with corn silage in 2 tests. 



The 3 tests covered respectively 84, 112, and 120 days. On an average the 

 daily gain per head on the corn meal ration was 1.400 lbs., on the beet pulii 

 ration 1.441 lbs., and on the ration containing both corn meal and beet pulp 

 1.561 lbs. The cost of a pound of grain in the 3 cases was S.S7. 7.17, and 7.23 cts. 



" The absolute gains produced by feeding beet pulp were practically the same 

 as from feeding corn meal. 



" The gains of the pulp-fed steers were in the nature of growth and develop- 

 ment, the corn meal produced fat and finish. As a result, at the end of the 

 feeding period, the corn meal steers were in better condition for market than 

 tlie others. * 



" For growing animals, beet i)u]p produced tlie greatest gains. For animals 

 in a condition for finishing, corn meal gave the most rapid gains. 



" From this it would he safe to conclude that in the earlier i)art of tlie feeding 

 I>eriod beet pulp could be fed in a larger quantity to advantage, because of its 

 cheapness and at the .same time ability to produce gain rapidly. During the 

 finishing period it should, however, be replaced at least in a large measure by 

 corn meal, which possesses more value for finishing purposes. The corn meal 

 is a much more concentrated feed, hence its especial value for forcing at the 

 close of the feeding period when beet pulp could not be used on account of the 

 bulky character rendering it impossible to feed suflicient quantity for the best 

 results. These trials show that a l,0(X)-lb. steer will not consume over 10 lbs. 

 of dried beet pulp in a day." 



Feeding calves with starch and skim milk, A. Gouin and P. Andouard 

 (Bui. Sta. Agron. Loire-Irif., l!)05-6, pp. -'i8-51). — According to the authors' ex- 

 tended observations much larger quantities of starch may be fed than the 50 

 gm. per liter of skim milk recommended by some other investigators. 



Milk emulsion for calf feeding, G. Hangel (Wiener Landw. Ztg., .57 (IHOy). 

 .Yo. 36, p. S-'i7). — When an emulsion of palm fat and skim milk was substituted 

 for whole milk in calf feeding very satisfactory results were obtained, accord- 

 ing to experimental evidence, which is l)riefly reported. 



Experiments on calf feeding, A. Goiin and P. Andouard (BuL Sta. Agron. 

 Loirc-Inf., 1905-6. pp. 52-82). — In the studies reported a number of different 

 rations were fed, the feed being regulated in accordance with the weight of the 

 animal at different stages of growth. Requirements for growth and mainte- 

 nance and related questions are discussed. In the authors' opinion, iwwderetl 

 green bone of good quality, such as is used as a fertilizer, is a very valuable 

 constituent of the ration for calves. 



