BesvMs of Steer-feeding Triala at the Stationa. 351 



feeding, bufc it should not constitute the exclusive grain feed 

 unless prices rule lower than for corn. (166-8) 



344. Bran. — An experiment is reported from Minneapolis* in 

 -which the lightest bran made at the PUlsbury A mill was fed 

 with hay to fifteen common steers for a period of four months. 

 Bach animal was fed separately, all feed being weighed. The 

 steers were allowed exercise in a small yard. The steers weighed 

 from 800 to 1,100 pounds at the time the experiment began, in 

 May, 1888. The following summarizes the results: 



Pounds. 



Total bran fed 24,064 



Total hay fed. 28,925 



Total gain in weight, 15 steers 3,545 



Average gain in weight (4 months) 236 



Peed for 100 pounds gain { ^J^"^ ^Jl 



^ Hay 816 



These satisfactory gains show that bran may be successfully 



used for fattening steers. (175) 



545. Oil meal. — At the Kansas Station, * Greorgeson fed oil cake 



with hay to three steers averaging 1,050 pounds for a period of 



129 days, with the following results: 



Pounds. 



Oil cake consumed per head 1,639 



Hay consumed per head 1,822 



Average gain per head 224 



Fed for one hundred pounds gain | ^^ meal... 732 



I Hay 814 



This experimenter concludes: "The exclusive diet of oil cake 

 did not yield as good results as either the ' balanced ration ' or corn. 

 The animal organism appears to be unable to make use of so 

 highly concentrated nitrogenous food to good advantage." (206) 



At the Iowa Station, WUson and Curtiss^ fed oU meal to steers 

 on clover pasture, securing a gain of 100 pounds for each 400 

 pounds of oil meal fed. Another group of steers on a similar 

 pasture required 532 pounds of corn meal for 100 pounds of gain. 



546. Gluten meal. — At the Ohio Station, * Thorne and Hick- 

 man used gluten meal during two feeding trials, in one of which 

 oil meal was fed in opposition. In calculating the results, old- 



1 Fugitive pamphlet, published in 1886. 

 » Bui. 39. » Bui. 20. " Bui. 60. 



