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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The average results for each lot are summarized in the following 

 table : 



liesult of feeding experiment with steers in 1894. 



a Without corn silage. 



At the conclusion of the experiment the steers were sold and slaugh- 

 tered. 



The price received Avas $4.70 per 100 lbs., "which netted $4.50 per 

 100 lbs. at the station, making their value at the end of the 120 days 

 under review $1,G77 .64, The total cost of the feed consumed was $587." 



For the second experiment 16 steers of similar breeding to those used 

 in the first exjieriment were purchased. After grazing during the 

 summer and fall they were divided into 3 lots of 4 and 2 lots of 2 steers 

 each. The experiment lasted from January 11 to April 30, 1895, 110 

 days. All the steers were fed wheat bran, hay, and silage or stover. 

 In addition, lots 1 and 2 were fed wheat meal and gluten meal, lot 3 

 corn meal and gluten meal, and lots 4 and 5 corn meal. Less grain was 

 fed than in the first experiment and there were fewer cases of surfeit. 



Lot 5 was fed in an open shed in the yard. The other lots Avere fed 

 in the barn. 



The financial statements are based on the same data as in tlie first 

 experiment, with tlie addition of com stover at $3 per ton. 



The average results for each lot are summarized in the following 

 table : 



Result of feediuij experiment with steers in 1S95. 



a Stover, 



