THE rOKK-:\IAKEK S MAIXSTAV 



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six months from Xovember, 1903, to June, 1904, in the 

 feech'ng- of eorn in various forms to steers which were 

 followed by shotes averaging about no pounds each at 

 tlie beginning. The number of shotes kept with the 

 steers varied according to the character of the ration, 

 being made sufficient to consume the droppings axaihdjlc 

 for pork production. The results in pork production 

 are shown in the following table : 



PORK MADK FROM DROPPIXCS IX THK VARIOUS LOTS 



Form in which < 

 was fed. 



I p.., 



Pork per | Per cent cost of 

 100 pcninds feed Kiven steers 

 paid for by gain 

 of hogs 

 following' 



fed to 

 steers. 



Silage and com meal 



Ear corn 



Ear com (without nitroge- 

 nous concentrates) 



Com meal 



Com meal (hay chaffed) . . . 



Com-and-cob meal 



Com -and -cob meal (hay 

 chaffed) 



Shock corn and ear com. . . 



Shelled com (mud lot) 



Shelled com 



.46 



.63 

 1.81 

 2.79 

 3.61 



14.05 

 3.00 

 2.86 

 2.60 



3.34 

 12.72 

 12.86 

 16.67 



' Computed on basis of ear corn in silage and shock com. 

 * Gain on hogs valued at $5.00 per 100 pounds. 



1'he feeding of Lot lo was done on a l)rick pavement 

 where the shotes were al)le to utilize nearl\- all of the 

 waste, wliile Lot 9. which was fed in a mud-lot, had. at 

 times, but little opportunity to recover the waste. The 

 report on this experiment said: "It should be borne in 

 mind tliat at no time during the test did the hogs get 

 other fcL'd than that secured from the droppings of the 

 steers, and that the steers did not get as heav}- grain 

 rations for as long a time as is tlie usual practice among 



