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without waiting for it to be acted upon by the saliva in the 

 mouth, and it will be digested in the intestines. 



In What Form Should Corn be Fed to Calves? This 

 experiment consists of a comparison of shelled corn with corn 

 chop as grain for young calves. The experiment began by tak- 



Table XV. — Shelled corn and corn chop compared. 



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Roughness fed (lbs ) 





Corn-chop lot.... 10 133 18,652.5 2,287.7 970 2,068 4,040 7,078 



Shelled-corn lot.. 10 133 17,950.0 2,611.7 970 2 ; 078 4,040 7,088 



Feed consumed per 100 lbs. 

 Average gains (lbs.) gain (lbs.) 



Per Daily Skim- Rough- 



head, per head. milk. Grain. ness. 



Corn-chop lot . . 

 Shelled-corn lot 



212.3 1.59 



232.2 1.74 



878.59 

 773.04 



107.71 

 112.47 



333.39 

 305.25 



ing twenty head of grade Shorthorn and Hereford calves, and 

 dividing them into two lots as nearly as possible. Both lots 

 were treated alike, except in the form of the grain fed. The 

 results are brought out in table XV. 



From that table we see that the calves would begin eating 

 shelled corn when from two to three weeks old, they relished 

 it, and were less subject to scours than those fed corn chop. 

 This experiment shows that it is possible to raise good, thrifty 

 calves that will gain one and three-fourths pounds per day on 

 feeds produced entirely on the farm and in a form that needs 

 no extra preparation, outside of harvesting, except shelling. 



In What Form Should Kafir-corn be Fed to Calves? 

 After the excellent results secured with shelled corn, it was 

 thought advisable to see what results would be obtained by feed- 



