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540. Corn, cob and husk. At the Texas Station, * Curtis fed 

 corn, cob and husk ground coarsely to three steers, and coarsely- 

 ground shelled corn to three others, for a period of seventy days, 

 with the following results: ; 



Feeding ground com, cob and husk in comparison with ground corn to 

 steers Texas Station. 



The table shows that where 400 pounds of clear corn meal gave 

 100 pounds of increase, there were required 498 pounds of husk, 

 cob and corn together. The weight of the cob and husk was 72 

 pounds for each 56 pounds of shelled corn. Omitting the cob and 

 husk, it is found that 100 pounds of gain was made from 388 

 pounds of meal plus the cob and husk. This shows a saving of 

 three per cent, by feeding the cob and husk with the grain. 



541. Time required for corn to pass through the steer. At the 

 Kansas Station, 2 Georgeson determined the time required for corn 

 to pass through the alimentary canal of the fattening steer in the 

 following manner: To five steers getting white corn, 50 pounds 

 of red corn grains were given in three feeds on January loth, viz. : 

 12 M., 3 P. M. and 6 P. M. At 9 A. M. on the 16th the red 

 kernels fed the day before began to appear in the manure. The 

 maximum number of kernels of red corn was reached on the after- 

 noon of the 17th, when they began to decrease, until the 19th, 

 when only a few kernels were found on washing the droppings 

 of each lot. 



542. Amount of corn passing through steers unbroken. When 

 feeding dry and soaked corn to steers with shotes following as 

 described in Articles 537-38, Georgeson 3 determined the quantity 

 of corn in the voidings. 



During 28 days five steers were fed 3,045 pounds (weight be- 



1 Bui. 2. * Bui. 47, Loc, cit 



