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Feeds and Feeding. 



good quality, for 84 days with the results shown below. One lot 

 was fed ground barley, and the other a mixture of 2 parts wheat 

 shorts and 1 part wheat bran, both lots receiving a small allowance 

 of oil meal in addition. 



Ground harley compared with wheat hran and shorts. 



It is shown that the barley-fed steers made heavier daily gains 

 and required less feed for a given gain than those getting wheat bran 

 and shorts. The barley-fed steers reached a higher finish than those 

 fed bran and shorts. Shepperd reports : ' ' The difference in the qual- 

 ity or ripeness was greater than the difference in the rate of increase 

 in weight." Bran should be used for producing growth rather than 

 fat. (165-6) 



529. Emmer v. shelled corn. — At the South Dakota Station^ Wil- 

 son and Skinner fed -4 lots, each containing four 2-yr.-old grade Here- 

 ford steers, the rations shown below for 170 days to compare the 

 values of emmer (speltz) and shelled corn for fattening steers. 



Bui. 100. 



