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meal and bran, with cornstalks and allaira liay. Lot 2 was fed corn 

 meal and cat corn stover. Lots :> and 4 were fed ear coru and corn 

 stover. Lots 1, 2, awd 3 were fed in the barn and lot 4 ont of doors. 

 The steers were fed twiee daily and o-iyeu all tliey wonld eat. At the 

 beginning- of the test the steers were valued at !^3..S5 per hundred. 

 The financial statement is based on ear corn at 2G cts., corn meal at 35 

 cts., linseed meal at 88 cts., bran at 50 cts., alfalfa at 20 cts., and corn 

 stover at 15 cts. per 100 lbs. 

 The results are briefly summarized in the following table: 



L'esiilfs of steer fcvdbuj experimenl. 



Lot 1 (corn meal, linseed meal, 

 bran, cornstalks, and.Tlfallahay) . 

 Lot 2 (corn uieal and corn stover) . . 

 Lot 3 (ear corn and corn stover) . . . 

 Lot 4 (ear com and corn stover) . . . 



j Grain 



1 con- 



Grain I Fodder sumed 

 con- I con- per 

 Slimed. : .sumed. pound 

 I of 

 I ' gn i n . 



Lhs. 

 15. 277 

 13,231 

 10. 114 

 16,860 



Lhs. 

 4,863 

 3,036 

 2,670 

 2,285 



Lhs. 

 7.52 

 9. U 

 14.02 

 15.52 



Fodder 



con- 

 sumed 



per 

 pound 



of 

 U.'iin. 



Lbs. 

 2. 39 

 2.09 

 2.32 

 2.10 



Total 



food 



con- ^ Total 

 sumed gain 



per in 



pound weight. 



of 

 gain. 



Lhs. 



9.91 

 11.20 

 16.34 

 17. 62 



Lhs. 

 2, 030 

 1,451 

 1,149 

 1,08G 



O.St 

 per 



poiuiil 

 of 



gain. 



Cents. 

 3.94 

 3.50 

 3.99 

 4.35 



.Selling 



price 



per 



l>ound. 



Cents. 

 4.10 

 4.00 

 3.90 

 3.80 



The mean daily temperature of the barn and yard was recorded and 

 the amounts of water consumed by each lot. The steers were fed at a 

 loss in each case. In the authors' opinion this was due to the fact that 

 they were sold at a time when prices were low. 



For 8 weeks the manure from each lot was collected and the undi- 

 gested residue of the food separated by washing. It constituted 3.(»!>, 

 6.62, 15.59, and 15.95 per cent of the total manure of the respective 

 lots. 



The following conclusions were reached : The balanced ration of corn 

 meal, linseed meal, and bran produced better gains than the other 

 rations and less food was consumed per pound of gain, though a greater 

 amount of food was consumed than by the lot fed corn meal. The 

 steers fed the mixed grain ration were in better condition and were sold 

 for a higher price than tlie others. Though the best gains were made 

 on the mixed ration, it does not follow that they were made at the least 

 cost. If the two lots had been sold for the same price the lot fed corn 

 meal would have given the greater profit. The results do not warrant 

 the indiscriminate use of linseed meal and bran when corn is cheap. 

 Corn meal gave better returns than ear corn. 



Although the winter was favorable for outdocu- feeding, the steers fed 

 out of doors gained less and ate more than the others. 



Feeding corn smut to dairy cows, C. I). Smith {Michiffan Sta. 

 Bui. ]37, pp. il-d(i). — Corn smut in varying amounts was fed to 3 

 grade Shorthorn cows and 1 grade Jersey cow in addition to a ration 

 of corn, wheat bran, ground oats, and linseed meal. The cows were 



