Eesults of Steer-feeding Trials at the Stations. 351 



feeding, but it should not constitute the exclusive grain feed 

 unless prices rule lower than for corn. (166-8) 



544. Bran. — An experiment is reported from Minneapolis ^ in 

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

 with hay to fifteen common st-eers 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 steeis 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 | fj"^^ f!f 



I. Hay olb 



These satisfactory gains show that bran may be successfully 



used for fattening steers. (175) 



545. Oil meal. — At the Kansas Station, * 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 i ^^ meal.... 732 



l Hay 814 



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." (206) 



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

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

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

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



546. Gluten meal. — At the Ohio Station, * 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- 



Fugitive pamphlet, published in 1886. 

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