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BEEF PRODUCTION 



sequent pages. In the experiment referred to corn in 

 its various forms was supplemented with oil meal or 

 gluten meal and clover hay. So, in interpreting the 

 records of this test, it should be borne in mind that 

 with each bushel of corn the concentrates and clover 

 hay mentioned were fed. 



POUNDS GAIN ON STEERS AND STEERS AND 



HOGS PER BUSHEL (SHELLED BASIS) 



SUPPLEMENTED CORN FED 



Form in which corn 

 was fed 



Pounds oil and 



gluten meal fed 



per bu. corn 



Pounds clover 



hay fed per 



bu. corn 



Pounds of 

 gain on 



steers per 



bu. corn 



fed 



Pounds pf 



gain on 



steers and 



hogs per 



bu. corn fed 



Silage, cornmeal. 



Ear corn 



Cornmeal 



Corn and cob meal 

 Shock corn, ear 



corn 



Shelled corn . . 



10.121 

 9.996 

 9.878 

 9.979 



4.549* 

 10.120 



24.681f 

 27.241 

 29.698 

 27.613 



22.547f 

 30.502 



7.93 

 7.92 

 8.02 

 7.88 



6.41 

 6.72 



8.04 

 9.06 

 8.39 

 8.21 



7.72 

 8.74 



* Oil meal fed during the latter part of feeding period only. 

 t The roughage accompanying the corn was fed in these lots in 

 addition to the clover hay. 



From the accompanying table it will be seen that 

 from the standpoint of beef produced per bushel of 

 corn fed in the various forms, silage and cornmeal were 

 most efficient. 



The results of this experiment indicate that the mere 

 matter of grinding shelled or ear corn does not make it 

 materially more efficient than broken ear corn for beef 

 production, but either cornmeal, corn and cob meal, 

 or broken ear corn were considerably more efficient than 

 shelled corn for beef production. That ear corn should 

 be found more efficient for beef production than corn- 

 meal or corn and cob meal is contrary to common belief, 

 but this experiment was conducted on such a large 



