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Feeds and Feeding. 



fore soaking) of soaked corn, and during that period 339 pounds 

 of grains of corn (weight after drying) were washed from the 

 yoidings. This is 11 per cent, of the total corn consumed by the 

 steers during the period. Another lot of five steers was fed 3,060 

 pounds of dry shelled corn, the voidings from which gave 486 

 pounds of corn, or nearly 16 per cent, of unbroken corn. The 

 hogs following steers getting dry corn made greater gains than 

 those following steers getting soaked corn. The explanation is in 

 the above percentages. 



The corn grains which had passed through the steers were 

 found to contain between 55 and 60 per cent, water, those which 

 had been soaked previous to feeding having somewhat more than 

 the other. The corn which had been fed dry was found to ab- 

 sorb still more water when soaked, showing that it had not been 

 fully saturated, although it had passed the whole length of the 

 alimentary canal. 



543. Wheat meal. At the Ohio Station, 1 Thorne and Hick- 

 man, testing wheat meal in opposition to corn meal during two 

 feeding trials, secured the results shown in the table: 



Feeding corn meal and wheat meal to steers Ohio Station. 



It is shown in both trials that the steers fed corn meal made 

 the highest average daily gain, and made their gain also upon 

 less dry matter than the others. At prevailing prices for corn 

 and wheat, it is evident that corn is the cheaper feed. No doubt 

 some wheat meal may be used with satisfactory results in steer 



* Bui. 60. 



