474 FEEDS AND FEEDING 



736. Feeding corn in various forms. Broken ear corn proved the most 

 profitable manner of feeding corn to 2-year-old steers with pigs follow- 

 ing, in 3 trials by Allison at the Missouri Station. 7 Shelled corn ranked 

 second, ground corn third, coarsely crushed corn and cob fourth, and 

 corn-and-cob meal last. The steers fed ground corn made the most rapid 

 gains, on the average, but for combined profit from steers and hogs, 

 ground corn was excelled by ear corn and shelled corn. 



Similarly, in a trial by Mumford at the Illinois Station 8 ear corn 

 proved the most profitable. Steers fed shock corn at first and later 

 changed to ear corn, ranked second. Below these in economy came corn 

 meal, corn-and-cob meal, and shelled corn. Likewise in a trial by Gram- 

 lich at the Nebraska Station 9 snapped ear corn proved more profitable 

 than shelled corn. 



In a trial by Good and Horlacher at the Kentucky Station 10 in which 

 either shelled corn or broken ear corn was fed with corn silage, straw, 

 and cottonseed meal to 2-year-old steers, the broken ear corn was the 

 more economical. 



For calves fed for baby beef there may be some advantage in grinding 

 corn, tho the saving is not large. In one trial at the Kansas Station 11 

 Cochel found a slight profit in grinding corn for beef calves fed corn, 

 linseed meal, alfalfa hay and silage, but in another similar trial there 

 was no saving. 



If hogs do not follow fattening cattle, corn should always be ground. 

 As is pointed out in a later chapter, the numl^er of hogs needed to con- 

 sume the corn not utilized by the cattle will depend on the method of 

 preparation. (804) 



737. Soft corn. Soft corn, containing 35 per ct. of moisture at the 

 beginning of the trial and 16 per ct. at its close, produced rather more 

 economical gains, in a trial by Kennedy and Rutherford at the Iowa 

 Station 12 than did mature corn, taking dry matter as the basis of com- 

 parison. The cattle finished as well on the soft corn as on the mature 

 corn. (205) 



738. Barley In sections of the western and northern states where 

 corn does not thrive, barley is of much importance as a grain for fatten- 

 ing cattle. (226) The gains of cattle full-fed ground barley will usually 

 be as rapid as tho fed corn, but in some instances slightly more feed may 

 be required for 100 Ibs. gain, due to the fact that barley is higher in 

 fiber than is corn. Barley should always be crushed or ground for 

 cattle. 



In a trial with calves fed for baby beef by Cochel at the Kansas Sta- 

 tion 13 ground barley not only produced more rapid gains than shelled 

 corn, but was worth fully as much per ton. Likewise in a trial by Fuller, 

 Morrison, and Fargo at the Wisconsin Station 14 with 2-year-old steers, 



7 Mo. Bui. 149. 10 Ky. Cir. 26. "Information to the authors. 



111. Bui. 103. "Information to the authors. "Wis. Bui. 323, pp. 12-13. 

 9 Nebr. Bui. 174. 12 Iowa Bui. 75. 



