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feed* and feeding. 



100 pounds of gain of steers and shotes where the steers were fed 

 dry corn, and 752 pounds of grain for 100 pounds of gain with 

 steers and shotes where the steers were fed soaked corn. This 

 shows a net saving, by soaking corn for steers, of about five per 

 cent. (583, 634, 880-81) 



539. Corn and cob meal. For information on this subject we 

 turn to Shelton's investigations conducted at the Kansas Agri- 

 cultural College 1 during 1884-85. Ten steers were used each 

 year, the trial in 1884 lasting 140 days, and that in 1885, 150 

 days. In each trial the steers were divided into two lots of five 

 each; corn and cob meal was fed to one lot and corn meal to the 

 other, the roughage in both cases consisting of oat straw, orchard- 

 grass hay and clover hay. 



Eesults obtained in feeding corn meal and corn and cob meal to steers 

 Kansas Agricultural College. 



It is shown that the corn and cob meal gave the best daily gain 

 in both cases. In one instance less corn and cob meal was re- 

 quired for a given gain, while in the other more was required. 

 The average of the two trials shows that a pound of corn and cob 

 meal is equal to a pound of pure corn meal in steer feeding. 



In explanation of the marked difference in the amount of feed 

 required for a given gain in these two trials, we have the follow- 

 ing statement concerning the cattle: " The steers of 1883-84 were 

 a thin, half- grown lot of ' natives, 7 while those in use in 1884-85 

 were high-grade Short-horns, mature and full -fleshed at the start." 

 The second lot was also fed for a longer period. (158, 382, 633) 



1 Eepts. Prof. Agr., 1884-85. 



