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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



In addition each lot was fed cow- 

 The steers were fed in large box 



These materials were fed ad libitum. 

 pea bay. The test covered 00 days 

 stalls opening into small lots. 

 The results of tbe test are shown in the following table 



Results of steer-feeding experiments. 



The principal conclusions follow: 



"This trial suggests the practice, when meal and bulls sell for more thau seed, or 

 when they sell for relatively the same price, of feeding seed during the first part of 

 the feeding period, not exceeding 60 days, and of feeding meal and hulls during the 

 last part of the period. 



"The excess of oil in seed over that in meal would seem to he the cause of the 

 diminished appetite of the steers fed seed when the weather was warm and sultry. 

 The diminished appetites suggest that when seed is to he fed without any meal either 

 corn or bran should partly or wholly replace the seed when the weather affects the 

 appetites to any extent during the last part of the feeding. 



" Feeding seed as the only concentrated food for fattening should he done only 

 during the cool part of the year." 



Corn meal and shorts as food for pigs, O. S. Plumb and W. B. 



Anderson {Indiana Sta. Bui. 71, pp. 55-00). — A test of the comparative 

 value of corn meal and shorts covering 70 days was made with 2 lots of 

 3 high-grade Chester White sows each. Lot 1 was fed shorts and corn 

 meal and lot 2 corn meal. The pigs were kept in pens about 30 by 15 

 ft. with a small shelter. The financial statement is based on shorts 

 at 70 cts. and corn meal at 65 cts. per 100 lbs. At the beginning the 

 total weight of lot 1 was 387.5 and lot 2, 385.75 lbs. The average daily 

 gain per head of lot 1 was 1.68 and of lot 2, 1.55 lbs. The pigs in lot 1 

 consumed on an average 3.11 lbs. corn meal and the .same amount of 

 shorts per day; lot 2 consumed 6.72 lbs. of shorts per day. The cost 

 per pound of gain for lot 1 was 0.0274 cts. and of lot 2, 0.028 cts. The 

 sows in the 2 lots were not pregnant nor suckling young and came into 

 heat at regular intervals during the feeding period. The gains, which 

 were recorded each week, varied. In the author's opinion, no variation 

 in gain in weight could be definitely ascribed to the fact that the sows 

 were in heat. 



Feeding pumpkins to pigs, H. T. French (Oregon Sta. Bui. 54, 

 pp. 22-25). — The feeding value of pumpkins was tested with 6 Berkshire 

 pigs 8 months old at the beginning of the trial. They had been pas- 

 tured on a stnbble field for 6 weeks previous to the test. The test 

 proper, which was preceded by a preliminary period of 7 days, began 



