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"(10) The whole silage lasted longest, and -would con8e(iuently make the most 

 milk and butter. Au acre of corn made into whole silage yielded as nmch as 1.095 

 acres made into stover silage. 



"(11) The results of this experiment as a whole are iu entire accord with those 

 obtained in the similar trial at this station in 1892-'93 (E. S. R., 5, p. 312)." 



Experiments in feeding for beef, C. E. Thorne and J. F. Hick- 

 man ( Ohio Sta. Bill. 60, pj). o(J, ihjms. 3). 



Synopsis. — Two sets of experiments (in 1894 and 1895) with mixed breeds were 

 made to determine the cost of producing beef and to test the relative feeding 

 value of corn meal and wheat meal, gluten meal and linseed meal, corn silage 

 as part of a ration, and corn silage and corn stover. Data were also recorded 

 relating to heavy and light feeding, iinishing beeves on grass, warm barns rs. 

 open sheds, effect of temperature, and value of manure. Tentative conclusions 

 only were drawn. The chemistry of cattle feeding and the comparative value 

 of various feeding stufl's are also discussed with reference to the experiments. 



The steers, 32 in number, for tlie lirst experiment were purchased in 

 the neighborhood and were grades of mixed breeding. They were pas- 

 tured during the summer and fall and were then divided into 7 lots of 

 4 steers each and 2 lots (8 and 9) of 2 steers each. The experiment 

 began January 11,1894, and continued 120 days. The rations fed each 

 lot were as follows : 



Lot 1. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 gluten meal, clover hay. 



2. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 gluten meal, clover hay, and silage. 



3. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 linseed meal, clover hay. 



4. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 linseed meal, clover hay, and silage. 



5. 3 i)arts wheat meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 gluten meal, clover hay, and silage. 



6. 3 parts wheat meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 linseed meal, clover hay, and silage. 



7. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat brnii, timothy hay, and silage. 



8. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, timothy hay, and silage. 



9. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, timothy hay, and silage. 



The linseed meal was old-process meal. The steers were given all 

 they would eat. All but lot 9 were fed in the barn. This lot was fed 

 in an open shed in the yard. 



The financial statements are based on the following prices : Corn meal, 

 $16; wheat meal, $20; gluten meal, $18; linseed meal, $2G; wheat 

 bran, $1G; clover, $8, and corn silage $2.50 i)er ton. 



The average amount of grain eaten per steer daily during the later 

 part of the experiment was 15 or 16 lbs. on the corn-meal mixture and 

 about 12 lbs. on the wheat meal. 

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