Value of Various Feeding Stuffs. 



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The table shows that the steers fed shelled corn gained 2.4 lbs. each 

 daily, while those fed whole emmer gained but 1.8 lbs. and those fed 

 ground emmer 1.5 lbs. each. The emmer-corn mixture gave better 

 results than emmer alone. In this trial 100 lbs. of shelled corn was 

 equal to 125 lbs. of emmer in feeding value. The lot fed ground 

 emmer did not reach as high a finish as the other lots. Sixty lbs. 

 of pork was produced per steer on the shelled-corn ration, 26 lbs. 

 on the whole emmer ration, and only 14 lbs. on the ground emmer 

 ration. (178) 



530. Millet and emmer v. corn. — At the South Dakota Station^ 

 Wilson and Skinner fed 4 lots of 3 calves each for baby beef on sep- 

 arator skim milk until 6 months old. Beginning with an average 

 weight of about 500 lbs., all were fed to the finish on clover hay and 

 either corn, oats, Black Veronesh millet, or emmer (speltz). The re- 

 sults are summarized in the following table: 



Feeding millet and emraer for haljy heef production. 



It is seen that the corn-fed and oat-fed lots made the most rapid 

 gains, and that the corn-fed lot brought the highest price in the 

 Chicago market where they were sold. Millet produced smaller daily 

 gains than emmer. In all cases the grain requirements for 100 lbs. 

 of gain are low compared with those of more mature steers. On the 

 plains of the West, where millet and emmer flourish, these grains 

 are sure to increase in importance and prove useful factors in meat 

 production. In this trial emmer produced a hard fat the same as did 

 oats, and meat of as good a quality as that from corn. (185) 



531. Kafir. — At the Kansas Station- Georgeson divided a bunch 

 of 15 three-year-old grade steers into 3 lots of 5 each, feeding the 

 concentrates given in the table. The grain was ground to such fine- 

 ness that three-fourths of the meal passed thru a sieve of one-twen- 

 tieth inch mesh. At first kafir stover and later corn stover and 

 alfalfa hay w^ere fed for roughage, only that actually consumed 



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