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Feeds and Feeding. 



fore soaking) oi soaked corn, and during that period 339 pounds 

 of grains of com (weight after drying) -^ere washed from the 

 voidings. This is 11 per cent, of the total com consumed by the 

 steers during the period. Another lot of five steers was fed 3, 060 

 pounds of dry sheUed corn, the voidings from which gave 486 

 pounds, or nearly 16 per cent, of whole and broken com. The hogs 

 following steers getting dry com made greater gains than those 

 following steers getting soaked corn. The explanation is in the ^ 

 above percentages. 



The corn grains which had passed through the steers were 

 found to contain between 55 and 60 per cent, water, those which 

 had been soaked previous to feeding having somewhat more than 

 the other. The corn which had been fed dry was found to ab- 

 sorb still more water when soaked, showing that it had not been 

 fully saturated, although it had passed the whole length of the 

 alimentary canal. 



343. Wheat meal. — At the Ohio Station, i Thome and Hick- 

 man, testing wheat meal in opposition to com meal during two 

 feeding trials, secxired the restdts shown in the table: 



It is shown in both trials that the steers fed com meal made 

 the highest average daily gain, and made their gain also upon 

 less dry matter than the others. At prevailing prices for corn 

 and wheat, it is evident that corn is the cheaper feed. No doubt 

 some wheat meal may be used with satisfactory results in steer 



' Bui. 60. 



