126 



table II to produce a pound of gain and deducting the same 

 from the total number of pounds of gain made by the swine 

 when following steers. < 



Lot I received, only, 129 pounds of corn extra and this 

 was at beginning of experiment until steers were on full feed. 

 After this the two swine were sufficient for the three steers. 



As the second lot of swine in the corn lot at the close of 

 the experiment were too fat to make a further test as to the 

 number of pounds of corn for a pound of gain, the average 

 of several experiments conducted at other stations was taken, 

 which was 5.43 pounds, and deducted from the total gain. 



At the Kansas Experiment Station is required 7.91 pounds 

 of corn to produce, a pound of gain on steers and swine. 



The advantage of feeding grain at home is that a large 

 per cent of rough material such as corn stalks, straw and hay 

 is utilized where otherwise it would be wasted. Cattle feed- 

 ing also has its place in the rotation of crops. This should 

 be practiced on every farm in the state. The manure made 

 by the feeding operations is needed by the soil to replace 

 plant food removed by the crops. It is estimated that the 

 feed required in fattening cattle, is reduced to one-eighth of 

 its original weight by marketing in the form of beef and pork. 

 Where transportation charges are high and the price of grains 

 are low as is the case in the Northwest the cattle feeding 

 proposition should be thoroughly considered before shipping 

 both grain and stock to the market separately. 



Summary of Experiments with Speltz, to date. 



On account of the large number of inquiries as to the rela- 

 tive feeding value of speltz to other grains, a brief summary 

 of the results of experiments conducted at this Station to 

 date is included herein. 



This grain, although better adapted to the more arid 

 regions, has produced a yield of sixty-three bushels to the 



