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feeding, but it should not constitute the exclusive grain feed 

 unless prices rule lower than for corn. (1668) 



544. Bran. An experiment is reported from Minneapolis 1 in 

 which the lightest bran made at the Pillsbury A mill was fed 

 with hay to fifteen common steers for a period of four months. 

 Each animal was fed separately, all feed being weighed. The 

 steers were allowed exercise in a small yard. The steers weighed 

 from 800 to 1,100 pounds at the time the experiment began, in 

 May, 1886. The following summarizes the results: 



Pounds. 



Total bran fed . 24,064 



Total hay fed 28,925 



Total gain in weight, 15 steers 3,545 



Average gain in weight (4 months). 236 



Feed for 100 pounds gain jBran.... 



These satisfactory gains show that bran may be successfully 

 used for fattening steers. (175, 206) 



545. OH meal. At the Kansas Station, 2 Georgeson fed oil cake 

 with hay to three steers averaging 1,050 pounds for a period of 



129 days, with the following results: 



Pounds. 



Oil cake consumed per head 1,639 



Hay consumed per head... 1,822 



Average gain per head 224 



Fed for one hundred pounds gain { Oil meal 



This experimenter concludes: "The exclusive diet of oil cake 

 did not yield as good results as either the ' balanced ration ' or corn. 

 The animal organism appears to be unable to make use of so 

 highly concentrated nitrogenous food to good advantage.' 7 



At the Iowa Station, Wilson and Curtiss 3 fed oil meal to steers 

 on clover pasture, securing a gain of 100 pounds for each 400 

 pounds of oil meal fed. Another group of steers on a similar 

 pasture required 532 pounds of corn meal for 100 pounds of gain. 



546. Gluten meal. At the Ohio Station, 4 Thorne and Hick- 

 man used gluten meal during two feeding trials, in one of which 

 oil meal was fed in opposition. In calculating the results, old- 



1 Fugitive pamphlet, published in 1886. 

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* Bui. 39. 8 Bui. 20. * Bui. 60. 



