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lbs., consuming per pound of gain 14.94, 15.81, and 20.65 lbs. of dry matter, and 

 costing per pound of gain 14, 15, and 19 cts. for the respective lots. 



Two lots of 19 and 12 steers, one fed tied and the other loose, made average 

 daily gains per head of 1.4 and 1.6 lbs., consuming per pound of gain 17.71 and 

 15.43 lbs. of dry matter, and costing per pound of gain 16 and 14 cts., for the 

 respective lots. 



Two lots of 6 steers each, fed 143 days, lot 1 fed loose, and lot 2 tied, made 

 average daily gains per steer of 2.01 and 1.46 lbs., realizing a profit per steer 

 of $11.20 and $5.60 for the respective lots. 



Two lots of steers fed 124 days, lot 1 on a light silage and a heavy grain 

 ration, and lot 2 on a heavy silage and a light grain ration, made average daily 

 gains per head of 1.193 and 1.371 lbs., and average profits per steer of 78 cts. and 

 $7.21. for the respective lots. 



Two lots of steers fed 181 days, lot 1 on corn fodder and lot 2 on corn silage, 

 in addition to the grain ration, made average daily gains per steer of 1.44 and 

 1.88 lbs., costing per [jound of gain 10.02 and 7.7 cts., and realizing a profit 

 per steer of $1.13 and $6.76, for the respective lots. 



Six groups of steers of two lots each, two and three years old, respectively, 

 were fed 160 days at Indian Head, Sask., as follows: Group 1, oat straw, 

 prairie hay, and a meal composed of equal parts of barley and oats ; groups 2 

 and 3, the same ration as group 1 ; group 4, oat straw, oat sheaves, and the 

 same meal as group 1 ; group 5, oat straw, prairie hay, silage, and same meal 

 ration as group 1 ; group 6, oat straw, prairie hay, silage, and a meal composed 

 of barley, oats, peas, bran, and oil cake when finishing. Group 1 was fed out- 

 side, loose ; group 2. inside, loose ; groups 3, 4. 5, and 6, inside, tied. The steers 

 fed loose gave far better returns than those tied. Steers fed outside gave 

 larger profits than those similarly fed inside, tied, while those fed the same as 

 the former two groups, but inside and loose, gave the best results of all. The 

 results with those fed oat sheaves show little in favor of this ration, there being 

 always a certain amount of waste, together with a lack of uniformity of qual- 

 ity in the feed. 



Four lots of steers were fed as follows, in addition to the basal grain ration : 

 Lot 1. alfalfa; lot 2, alfalfa and oat sheaves; lot 3, oat sheaves; lot 4, alfalfa 

 and corn fodder. These steers made average daily gains per steer of 0.83, 0.96, 

 0.81, and 1.47 lbs., costing per pound of gain 23. 20, 19, and 11 cts., and realiz- 

 ing a net profit per steer of 38 cts., $3.96, $6.61, and $3.15, for the respective lots. 



Data are given on the cost of pasturing yearling steers at Lacombe, Alberta. 

 These steers made average daily gains for a period of five months, on pasture, of 

 0.88 lb., at a cost per pound of gain of 3,72 cts. 



Six lots of steers were fed during the winter 97 days at Lacombe as follows : 

 liOt 1, green feed, inside ; lot 2. timothy hay. inside ; lot 3. silage and straw, in- 

 side ; lot 4, prairie hay, outside ; lot 5. in a corral, inside ; lot 6, in the bush, out- 

 side. All lots received the ordinary grain ration. These steers made average 

 daily gains per head of 1.51, 0.97, 1.055, 0.99, 2.14, and 1..52 lbs., at a cost per 

 pound of gain of 8.75, 17,25, 12.98, 12.12, 5.93, and 9 cts., returning a profit per 

 head of $3.45, =$2.50, 67 cts., $1.01, $7,90, and $3.03, for the respective lots. 



Sheep, E. S. Abchibald et al. (Canada Expt. Farms Rpts. 1915, pp. 490-528. 

 pis. //). — Six lots of lambs were fed 70 days as follows: Lot 1, a grain ration 

 con.|»osed of oats, bran, and oil cake, 2:2:1; lot 2, 1 part of the above mixed 

 \vith 1 part of elevator screenings ; lot 3, complete ground elevator screenings : 

 lot 4, complete ground elevator screenings, less blackseed ; lot 5, ground blackseed ; 

 and lot 6, ground blackseed, 2 parts, and a molasses meal, 2 parts. These lots made 

 average daily gains per head of 0,28, 0.31, 0.2, 0.29, 0.24 and 0.18 lbs., at a cost 

 per pound of gain of 8.8, 6.2, 7. 5.4, 4.8, and 10.8 cts., with a net profit per animal of 



