882 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



ll)s. jHT (lay; the number was then increased to 15 jiigs, until the close of the test. 

 The averajie daily ^'ain of the lot was now found to be oidy 4.!) lbs., showing that 

 the innnber of pigs was too large. At first 10 pigs followed the steers fed corn silage. 

 They did not uiake satisfactory gains except when corn was fed in addition to the 

 feed' Avhich they Leathered. Tlie number was finally dinnnished until oidy 1 was 

 left. The author believes that without additional feeding 1 or possibly 2 pigs uiight 

 have secured feed enough to make good gains, and calculates that during the test 

 the total gains made by the pigs following the lot fed silage was S7 1})S. 



Tne author's principal conclusions were as follows: 



In the feeding of 5.33 acres of silage to calves 8.69 acres of crops other than corn 

 were used. In the feeding of 5.33 acres of shock corn to calves 5.68 acres of crops 

 other than corn were used. This difference may or may not be found unavoidal)le. 

 It reciuires a third longer time to feed an acre of corn silage than an acre of shock 

 corn. 



So far as the cost of harvesting and feeding crops for the i)roduction of beef is con- 

 cerned, in the net profits of the enterprise, it should ])e borne in mind that it will 

 probably require nearly twice as great an expenditure of labor and capital in a system 

 of silage feeding as in a system of shock corn feeding. The silage-fed steers were in 

 much better thrift and flesh at the end of the experiment than were the shock-corn- 

 fed steers. In case of the silage-fed steers 97.69 per cent of the meat produced was beef 

 and 2.31 per cent pork. In case of the shock-corn-fed steers 8-1.22 per cent of the 

 meat i)roduce<l was beef and 15.78 per cent was pork. This clearly shows that pork 

 production is an important factor in a system of feeding shock corn for l)eef produc- 

 tion, while it may be entirely eliminated from a system of silage feeding for beef 

 production practically without loss. 



"Under conditions comparable with those jirevailing in this experiment one steer 

 would })e able to make an average daily gain of 1.68 lbs., for a period of 6 months 

 on . . . 0.31 of an acre . . . devoted to corn for silage, 0.23 of an acre to oats, and 

 0.2S of an acre to hay. One steer receiving shock corn, oats, and hay would be able 

 to make an average daily gain of 1.42 lbs. for a period of 6 months on . . . 0.45 of 

 an acre devoted to growing the corn, 0.23 of an acre to oats, and 0.24 of an acre to 

 hay, making a difference of 0.26 of a pound of meat per day per steer and 0.1 acre of 

 land for the season, both Ijeing in favor of the steers receiving their corn in the form 

 of silage for the period designated." 



Factors in beef production, F. B. ]\Iumford (Missouri Sta. Circ. of Inforiuation 

 l.^,l>p. ^.^ J, figs. .')). — A general discussion reprinted from the Missouri State Board of 

 Agriculture Bulletin, 1902, April. 



Characteristics of the prime steer, H. AV. Mumford {Illinois Stu. Circ. 38, pp. 

 3). — Under the headings of form and quality the author discusses the characteristics 

 of first-class beef steers. 



The characteristics of stockers and feeders, II. W. Mumford {Illinois Sta. Oirc. 

 48, pp. 4). — The author enumerates the i)oints which characterize steers designed 

 for feeding for l)eef of prime quality. 



A scale of points as a means of judging cattle, and the standard of the 

 race found in Limoneuse, A. Uonay {Bui. ('eydr (V Etudes A<jroa. [Brmsds'\, 1902, 

 No. 4, j)p. 105-125). — The author discusses judging cattle with special reference to 

 local conditions 



Sheep feeding on the range; lamb feeding— second trial, F. E. Emery 

 ( Wyoming Sta. Bui. 51, ],p. l:t-40, ph. 2, figs. 6) .—In studying the possibility of profit- 

 ably fattening cull shei'p on the range in preference to selling them at a low price, 

 a test is reported whicii included at the beginning 2,843 ewes having broken teeth or 

 spoiled udders, averaging at least 7 years, autl 500 wethers 2 years old culled from a 

 flock of over 9,000. It is stated that these sheej) would not have sold for over |1, or 

 at most $1.25 per head. All the slieep were fed for 80 days on an average of 1 .01 lbs. 



