84 BEEF PRODUCTION 



factory method of getting cattle on feed quickly is to 

 chaff the hay and mingle it with the grain. This is not 

 always practicable, but where at all possible it is to be 

 advised. 



POSSIBILITIES OF THE SHORT FEED 



The possibilities of the short feed have been demon- 

 strated by an experiment conducted at the Illinois 

 Experiment Station. Thirty-four good to choice fleshy 

 three-year-old steers were purchased on the Chicago 

 market August 22 and taken to the University of Illi- 

 nois, where they were fed until November 25, a period 

 of eighty-nine days. On the basis of weights taken 

 after their arrival at Champaign after being shipped 

 from and before being shipped back to Chicago, the 

 steers made an average daily gain of 3.15 pounds for 

 the eighty-nine days. The average feed per steer per day 

 was: corn meal, 20.28 pounds; oil meal, 3.02 pounds; 

 and clover hay 13.11 pounds. 



The steers cost $4.25 per hundredweight on the Chi- 

 cago market, and, taking into consideration the freight 

 to Champaign, shrink, commission, and feed, the cost in 

 the feed lot at the beginning of the experiment was 

 $4.45 per hundredweight. The financial result of the 

 experiment is shown by the following statement : 



Disbursements 

 To Cattle: 

 34 steers, 36,490 lb. at $4.25 per cwt. $1550.82 



Commission 20 . 00 



Freight 41.88 



Feed prior to experiment 4 . 00 



$1616.70 



To Feed: 

 30.698 tons cornmeal at $13.699.. .. $420.53 



4 . 589 tons oil meal at $28 . 00 J28 . 50 



10.175 tons clover hay at $8.00 81.40 



9.661 tons clover hay chopped at 



$9.00 86.95 



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