16 Cattle Feeding Experiment. 



SHIPMENT. 



All lots of cattle in this experiment with two-year-old 

 steers were reduced to one-half their usual allowance of grain 

 and fed prairie hay immediately after the close .of the ex- 

 periment, preparatory to shipment two days later. 



SALE. 



They were sold in South Omaha, July 11, 1905, to the 

 Omaha Packing Company, at the following prices: 



Lot 1, corn and prairie hay $5 10 per hundred 



Lot 2, corn, oil-meal, and prairie hay. . 5 25 per hundred 



Lot 3, corn and alfalfa hay 5 25 per hundred 



Lot 4, corn, alfalfa and corn-stover. ... 5 30 per hundred 



Lot 5, corn, oil-meal and sorghum 5 30 per hundred 



Lots 4 and 5 sold at the top price for the day, at which 

 time there was a heavy run of beef cattle. The writer does 

 not believe that the ration fed Lot 3 caused them to under- 

 sell Lots 4 and 5, as a small difference in quality, rather 

 than fat, could easily have been made six months previous 

 when the cattle were divided. In Lot 1, however, there was 

 a pronounced lack of finish, apparently about one month's 

 feeding, which was unquestionably the cause of their being 

 sold 15 and 20 cents below the other lots. The previous win- 

 ter the corn and prairie hay fed yearlings sold from 20 to 35 

 cents per hundred below all other lots, and the alfalfa and 

 corn lot in that experiment was one of the number which 

 sold 35 cents higher. The following statement of the dress- 

 ing of each lot, as furnished by the Omaha Packing Com- 

 pany, shows the lack of finish on the steers fed corn and 

 prairie hay, as steers lacking flesh dress a lower percentage : 



