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grain fed, made an average daily gain of 1.88 lbs. at a totl feed cost of $11.43 

 per head. 



Beef cattle, E. S. Akchibald et al. (Canada Expt. Farms Rpis. 1916, pp. 

 S87-422, pis. 5). — An experiment was carried out at the station at Charlotte- 

 town, P. E. I., from November 1, iai5, to March 8, 1916, to determine the gains 

 and profits in fattening beef and dairy types of steers. The grain mixture fed 

 was made up of bran, barley, and oats, with a roughage of timothy, oat, and 

 clover hay, turnips, and mangels. Some of the results obtained are shown in 

 the following table: 



Tests in fattening heef and dairy types of cattle. 



Lot. 



I 



II 

 III 



IV 

 V 



Type. 



Beef (two good, one fair, one rangy) 



Dairy (Holstein grades) 



Beef ( Shorthorn) 



Dairy (mixed grades) 



Dairy (Holstein grades) 



Number 



of 

 animals. 



daily 



gain per 



steer. 



Lbs. 

 2.33 

 2.08 

 1.90 

 2.15 

 2.30 



cost per 



pound of 



gain. 



Cts. 

 7.60 

 8.50 

 9.05 

 8.06 

 7.98 



Dressed 



weight 



per stoer. 



Per cent. 

 54.3 

 51.9 

 57.3 

 54.5 

 57.0 



Profit 

 per steer. 



$15.09 

 12.87 

 12.21 

 17.06 

 17.72 



The third-year results are reported of an experiment carried out at the 

 Nappan Station, N. S. The objects of this trial were to determine the results 

 of increasing the root and grain ration 50 per cent for light and heavy-weight 

 steers, to find the profit in feeding these two types, and to show the value of 

 molasses in finishing beef. 



Sixteen well-bred Shorthorn steers were divided into four lots of 4 steers 

 each, good butchers in lots 1 and 3 and good stockers in lots 2 and 4, the latter 

 being somewhat thinner. The steera were fed a mixture of 40 per cent barley 

 and oats, 40 per cent bran, 10 per cent oil cake, and 10 per cent cottonseed 

 meal, with a roughage of turnips and clover hay, and lots 2 and 3 receiving 50 

 per cent more roots and meal than lots 1 and 4. Half of each lot received, in 

 addition to the regular ration, 2 lbs. of molasses per head per day. 



Some of the results are shown in the following table : 



Results of steer-feeding experiment, January 1 to April S, 1916. 



Lot. 



Type. 



Profit 

 per steer. 



I 



ni 



IV 

 U 



Butchers (light fed) . 

 Butchers (heavy fed) 

 Stockers (light fed) . . 

 Stockers (heavy fed). 



$16. 13 

 13.68 

 14.28 

 10. 9S 



The average daily gain of the steers with molasses in the ration was 2.17 lbs. 

 at a cost of 11.49 cts. per pound, and without molasses 1.77 lbs. at 12.42 cts. 

 The average profit per steer was $13.57 with molasses and $13.90 without. 

 The average for three years with good butchers shows a daily gain of 2.252 lbs. 

 at a cost of 10.33 cts. per pound for heavy-fed steers, as compared with a daily 

 gain of 2.094 lbs. at a cost of 8.646 cts. per pound for the light fed ; with good 

 stockers a daily gain of 2.114 lbs. at a cost of 11.08 cts. for the heavy fed, as 



