MAIZE GRAIN AS FOOD 



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The following rations, which include maize in some form chap. 

 or another, have been selected from those used by the various XIV ' 

 Experiment Stations in the United States and Canada : — 



Stover and Maize Grain (Kansas 

 Station, Bull. 39). 



Maize Stover . 



Ear Maize ... 



Total .... 



Average weight of Steers fed 

 Daily Gain 



Lbs. 



5 

 26'7 



317 



1,211 

 i'7 



Maize Silage (Oregon Station, 

 Bull. 37). 



Maize Meal " Balanced " (Kansas 

 Station, Bull. 34). 



Lbs. 

 Maize Meal .... 10 



Shorts 5 



Bran 2 



Oil Meal .... 4 



Tame Hay .... 6-5 



Total 27-5 



Average weight of Steers fed 1,083 

 Daily Gain .... 2-4 



Maize Silage ... 

 Clover Hay . . . . 

 Chopped Wheat 



Total .... 



Average weight of Steers fed 

 Daily Gain 



Lbs. 

 18 

 8 

 10-3 



3°'3 



847 

 •2 



Maize Grain and Roots (Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Rep. 1883). 



Lbs. 

 Maize Grain .... Q/25 



Roots 34 



Hay 9'5 



Bran 3'5 



Total 



56-25 



Maize Silage (Texas Statiot 

 Bull. 27). 



Maize Silage .... 

 Cotton-seed Meal . 

 Cotton-seed Hulls . 



Lbs. 

 20 



5 



7-2 



Total .... 



Average weight of Steers fed 

 Daily Gain 



32-2 



638 

 176 



Average weight of Steers fed . 1,106 

 Daily Gain .... 2-31 



Maize Grain and Meal, plus Oil Meal 

 (Iowa Station, Bull. 20). 



Lbs. 

 Snapped Maize . . . 22-5 

 Maize Meal 37 



Oil Meal ... 4-2 

 Hay 57 



Average weight of Steers fed 

 Daily Gain 



[,340 

 2-8 



Maize Grain and Cotton Seed (Texas Station, Bull. 



Lbs. 

 Maize Grain . . . • 5'3 

 Cotton Seed . . ■ ■ 5' 2 

 Hay 5'3 



Total 1 S -8 



Average weight of Steers fed 576 



Daily Gain I- 9 



685 Maize for Work-oxen.— A little crushed maize grain 

 fed with a ration of hay and silage (IT 718 and 726) during 

 the winter months keeps oxen in good condition, and enables 

 them to continue at work throughout the South African winter, 

 when natural herbage is scarce. 



686 Maize for Horses.— Next to oats, maize is the gram 



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