288 



and three quarters per day. They ate an average of nearly 16 pounds 

 of gram per day. 



The following table shows the amount of food eaten and t'he daily 

 gain made: 



IxKSTLT FROM FEEDI X'G I5AK1.EY VER-L'S BRAN AND SHORTS TOR TWELVE 



WEEKS. 



It will be seen from the above table that about TO 1-2 pounds of bran 

 ci!i<! shorts was required to produce a pound of gain in weight, while it 

 required only 9 i-io pounds of barley to produce a pound of gain. 



Tt is believed that the bran and shorts and ground barley were placed 

 on exactly the same basis. 



In comparing the results of the test as shown in the above table. I 

 wi-h to call attention to the fact that while on the same grain ration dur- 

 ing the four weeks' preliminary trial, the barley fed lot of steers required 

 OIK' pound less grain to produce a pound of gain. If this ratio remained 

 constant, there is but one-half pound less grain per pound of gain to be 

 credited to the barlev as a feed, the remaining difference being chargeable 

 to the individuality of the cattle. 



The steers were confined in Bidwell cow stalls and fed separately. 

 They were given ail the hay they would eat clean. If all of the grain 

 given a steer was not eaten bv the next rime of feeding, the quantity fed 

 v. as diminished. They were fed and watered twice a day and were weighed 

 once a week. They were given no exercise, during the first six weeks, 

 Lut had the freedom of a yard for the last six weeks of the test. Two 

 weighings were made in most cases on two consecutive days and the 

 average of the two weights taken as the weights of the steers for that 

 \\ eek. 



U was plainly noticeable at the cl<>-;e of this twehc weeks' test that the 

 bran and -hort-. fed steers, were not becoming so well finished as the 

 'barley fed steers. 



The difference, in quality or ripeness was greater than the difference 

 in the rate of increase in weight 



l ; i X A XC 1 A L ST AT KM EXT. 

 statement from any particular experiment 



)f limited 

 hanges in the price of feed. The 



