FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 815 



The following- conclusions were drawn: 



"(1) lu rate of gain per day the diltiroiit (ceds stand as follows : First crop alfalfa, 

 100; second crop alfalfa, To ; third crop alfalla, 110. All cro]»8 alfalfa, 91 ; rod clover, 

 75; timothy, 97. 



"(2) Tbe food eaten per day varies about in the same order as the gains, standing 

 as follows: First crop, 100; second crop, 97; third crop, 105; all crops, 100; red 

 clover, 80, and timothy, 95. 



"(3) Pound per pound, the good alfalfa proved about etpial to timothy, while in 

 rate of gain it proved better. 



"(4) A ration of alfalfa and straw, with grain, proved superior to one of alfalfa 

 and grain. 



"(5) Mixed hay and grain proved superior to alfalfa and grain, but not (juite so 

 good as alfalfa, straw , and grain. 



"(6) A ration with a wide nutritive ratio, 1 : 8.6, proved nuich better than one with 

 a narrow nutritive ratio, 1:4.56, while a ration having a nutritive ratio of 1:4.81 

 proved better than either of the others. 



'•(7) The use of mixed fodder in the rations, in one case mixed hay and in the 

 other alfalfa and straw, appeared to have mucn more to do with the feeding value 

 than <lid the nutritive ratio of the rations. However, the ration that was nearest 

 the Wolff standard gave the best results. 



"(8) Better results were obtained by making the ration wider than the standard 

 by 2.6 than making it narrower by 1.44. 



"(9) Ey feeding what straw the animals will eat up clean; our foods rich in pro- 

 tein, alfalfa, bran, and wheat may be fed to good advantage, though the nutritive 

 ratio be too narrow. 



"(10) Where the rations contained but one class of fodders, legumes, the feeding 

 value very closely followed the anumnt of jirotein in the ration; but when the 

 rations contained any other fodders, mixed hay, timothy, or straw, the varying 

 amounts of protein in the ration appeared to have little to do with the variation in 

 feeding value of the ration.'" 



Stock feeding experiments at Lander, B. C. Buffum ( Wyoming 

 Stat. But. SOj pp. 355-2()4). — Feeding experiments were made to com- 

 pare tbe relative value of sugar beets and grain for steers and sheep. 



Experiment tcith steers (pp. 257-2G1). — A test, divided into 3 periods, 

 was made with 6 steers iu fair condition. Thej^ were from the open 

 range, but had been put in the fields and winter fed. Nos. 1 and 2 

 were grade Shorthorns, 3 and 4 grade Polled Angus, and 5 and G ordi- 

 nary range steers. The animals were about 3 years old and had been 

 dehorned. The first period, which was regarded as preliminary, began 

 January 19 and lasted 41 days. The steers were all fed alfalfa hay, 

 consuming 5,529 lbs., or an average of 22.48 lbs. per head daily. The 

 second or intermediate period began March 1 and lasted 11 days. The 

 steers Avere divided into 2 lots of 3 each. Lot 1 (steers 1, 3, and 6) 

 were fed alfalfa hay and sugar beets, and lot 2 (steers 2, 4, and 5) were 

 fed alfsilia hay, chopped oats, and cracked wheat. The amount of beets 

 and grain was gradully increased until at the close of the period 14 lbs. 

 of beets, 7 lbs. of chopped oats, and 9 lbs. of (tracked wheat were fed 

 per head daily. The third period, or feeding test proper, began March 

 12 and lasted 40 days. The rations were the same as those fed in the 

 second period. The steers consumed 0,505.5 lbs. of hay, or an average 

 of 2G.03 lbs. per head daily. The gains in weight for each steer for each 



