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were following twenty-five steers. It was thought best to decrease the 

 number to five and not give them any additional corn. For the first week 

 following this change each of the five pigs made a daily gain of .4 pound 

 There appeared to be sufficient food in the droppings of the twenty-five 

 steers to keep five 100 pound shotes growing nicely; however, the next 

 week the pigs lost 1.14 pounds per head, showing the necessity of still 

 further reducing the number of pigs if they were expected to thrive on 

 the droppings alone. Subsequently the number of pigs with Lot 1 was de- 

 creased to one. By this system of reducing the number of pigs follow- 

 ing silage-fed calves which received a daily ration of 25 to 30 pounds of 

 silage, two pounds of whole oats and four pounds of mixed hay to each 

 steer, it was observed that the droppings from twenty-five such calves 

 would keep one and possibly two pigs growing nicely. Figured out more 

 accurately v. e might say that it would be fair to credit Lot 1, the silage-fed 

 steers, in addition to the beef made, with the production of 87 pounds of 

 pork in 88 days. The matter of pigs following silage-fed steers will bear 

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The ten shotes followingtthe twenty-five steers getting shock corn, 

 oats and mixed hay received no corn or other food stuff in addition to 

 what they secured from the droppings of the steers. The total amount 

 of york made by the pigs following the shock corn lot was 587 pounds in 

 88 days. During the first 70 days of the experiment, only ten pigs were 

 run with the steers getting shock corn. During this period they made a 

 total gain of 476 pounds. In other words, the steers in Lot 2 receiving 

 shock corn should be credited, in addition to the beef made during the 

 first ten weeks, with the production of 6.8 pounds of pork per day. Dur- 

 ing the last 18 days of the experiment, fifteen shotes were run with the 

 shock corn lot and these pigs made a total gain of £9 pounds, or an aver- 

 age total daily gain for the fifteen of 4.9 pounds. This clearly indicates 

 that, when the pigs are expected to get their feed from the droppings of the 

 steers better results in pork production were secured when ten and not 

 fifteen shotes were run with the twenty-five steers getting shock corn, 

 oats and mixed hay in the quantities above mentioned, than when fifteen 



