Results of Steer-feeding Trials at the Stations. 



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results of the trial, wMch lasted 175 days, are presented in the 

 foUowing table: 



Feeding Kaffir-corn meal in comparison with corn meal to steers — 



Kansas Station. 



Commenting on the above, Georgeson -writes: " The fact that 

 these lots show so little difference in their gains and the value 

 received for the grain fed is a gratifying proof of the value of Kaffir 

 corn. The feeding value of corn has long been known, but this is the 

 first experiment in which Kaffir corn has been tested so thoroughly 

 and for so long a period under normal conditions. The steers 

 were fair representatives of the grade cattle raised in the Central 

 West. They were neither high-bred cattle nor common scrubs. 

 The conditions of the experiment were those that prevail with the 

 average farmer and feeder. They were fed in open lots, where 

 they could seek the shelter of a small shed when desired, but 

 they were not pampered or petted in any way. The results 

 obtained in this case can be obtained by any feeder in the state 

 without providing better quarters or giving more attention to 

 thefr feed and care than can be and is furnished by the average 

 farmer anywhere." (195) 



548. Value of droppings from steers fed Kaffir corn. — In the 

 trial above reported, seven shotes were placed with each lot of 

 steers to gain what they could from the droppings. Each lot was 

 fed substantially the same amount of corn from a trough, the 

 allowance being small in order to force the shotes to thoroughly 

 work over the droppings. Samples of the steers' droppings were 

 washed and the undigested meal separated, dried and weighed 

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