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Feeds and Feeding. 



The following table shows the result of the trial, beginning De- 

 cember 11 and lasting 146 days: 

 Feeding steers with roots and silage — Ontario Agricultural College. 



Lot I. 



Silage 

 and meal. 



Lot II. 



Silage, 



hay and 



meal. 



Lot in. 



Roots, 



hay and 



meal. 



Weight at commencement , 



Gain of two steers, 146 days , 



Average gain per steer 



Average gain per steer per day. 



Lbs. 



2,789 

 555 

 277 

 1.90 



Lbs. 



2,735 

 448 

 224 

 1.53 



Lbs. 



1,672 

 537 

 268 

 1.84 



From the table we learn that the steers fed the largest amount 

 of silage daily made the greatest total gain with the highest daUy 

 rate of increase. Placing a reasonable value upon silage and 

 roots, the gains from silage were made at a lower cost than those 

 from roots. 



At the Wisconsin Station ^ the writer fed silage to steers with 

 excellent results. In one trial, four two- and three-year-old steers, 

 fed on corn silage only, made a gain of 222 pounds in 36 days, or 

 1.5 pounds per day each. It required 3,558 pounds of silage to 

 make 100 pounds gain. (393-5) 



551. Fish scrap for fattening steers. — Fink fed three-year-old 

 steers' of the Holstein breed 3.3 pounds of fish scrap per head 

 per day, the remainder of the ration consisting of hay, potatoes, 

 straw, rye, barley and oats. The average daUy gain per head 

 during 90 days was 3.3 pounds. The quality of meat was satis- 

 factory. (340, 661) 



552. Molasses. — Georgeson* fed molasses with com meal and 

 com fodder to three steers for a period of nineteen weeks with 

 the following results: 



Total feed required for 100 pounds gain. 



Pounds. 



Molasses. 598 



Com meal 807 



Stover. 705 



1 Kept. 1888. 



» Milch Zeit. 25 (1896), p. 61. 



» Bui. 39, Kan. Bxpt. SiA. 



