STEER FEEDING EXPERIMENTS 



ing the winter. Corn silage was valued at $3.50 per ton, mixed 

 hay $12.00 per ton, ear corn 70 cents per bushel of 70 pounds, 

 shelled corn 70 cents per bushel of 56 pounds, corn and cob meal 

 at 75 cents per bushel of 70 pounds, bran $25.00 per ton, cotton- 

 seed meal $34.00 per ton, alfalfa hay $15.00 per ton, and corn stover 

 $3.50 per ton. 



Weights and Weighing. 



Each steer was weighed individually for three consecutive 

 days at the beginning of the feeding trial, at the end of 56 days, 

 and at the close of the experiment. At the end of every four 

 weeks, individual weights were taken one day and group weights 

 were taken the previous and following days. Group weights were 

 taken also in the middle of each four-week period. The weighing 

 was done each time at 9 A. M. without any change in the feeding 

 and handling of the cattle. 



Hogs in the Feed Lot. 



Hogs were put in each lot at the beginning of the experiment. 

 The average weight of the pigs put on the experiment at the be- 

 ginning was 114.5 pounds. Six were placed in Lot I, four in 

 Lots II and III, and three in Lots IV and V. The number was 

 increased to six and seven for each lot when corn was added to the 

 ration. Owing to the absence of grain from the ration during the 

 first part of the feeding period, corn and tankage were fed to the 

 hogs in addition to the droppings from the cattle. When grain 

 was added to the ration, light fall pigs weighing 55 pounds were 

 placed in Lots IV and V. 



TABLE I. Air-Dry Moisture in Feeds*. 



^Reported by the Department of Experimental Agricultural Chemistry. 



