2 62 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



stated that, during the week ending March 3d, there was an average daily 

 gain of only .28 of a pound per steer while during the week ending April 

 7th, the average daily gains of each steer war 3.2 pounds. The shock corn 

 from 5.33 acres, the acreage used in this experiment, was exhausted on 

 May 5th. The shock corn lot, therefore , should be credited only with 

 the beef made by the steers in Lot 2 between the dates February 5th and 

 May 5th, a period of 88 days. During this time the shock corn steers made 

 a total gain of 3133.34 pounds, or an average daily gain of 1.42 pounds per 

 steer. 



These figures show that 14.55 tons or 5.33 acres of shock corn to- 

 gether with 137*4 bushels of oats, and 4.4 tons of clover and mixed hay 

 made 3133.34 pounds of beef and 587 pounds of pork, or a total of 3720.34 

 pounds of beef and pork. All of the shock corn produced on the 5:33- 

 acres was consumed. In case of the silage only 69.95 per cent of the total 

 amount of silage was used. This C9. 95 per cent of 5.33 acres of corn 

 (3.73 acres) or 28% tons silage fed together with 137Vis bushels of oats 

 and five tons clover and mixed hay made 3693.34 pounds beef and 87 

 pounds pork cr a total of 3780.34 pounds of meat The acreage required 

 for crops other than corn was computed on a basis of an average crop of 

 fifty bushels of oats per acre and one an.! one-half tons of hay per acre- 



The silage remaining, 24, 678. SI pounds (1.6 acres) fed together with: 

 2.15 tons (1.43 acres) of hay and 59 bushels (1.18 acres) of oats would 

 produce 1622.53 pounds of beef and 1 33 pounds of pork at the same rate 

 of gain per pound of food consumed an that which pervailed during the 

 prDgress of the experiment. Had the silage all been fed the amount of 

 land used in the production of the corn, oats, and hay consumed would! 

 have been 14.02 acres, of which 5.33 acres would have been devoted to 

 corn. 4.93 acres to oais and 4.76 aces to hay, or 8.69 acres of crops other 

 than corn. In the case of shock corn, the amount of land used in the pro- 

 duction of corn, oats, and hay consumed was 11.01 acres of which'5.33: 

 were devoted to corn, 2.75 acres to oats, 2.93 acres to hay or 5.68 acres to> 

 crops other than corn. Frem these figures we see that in feeding shock 

 corn and corn silage from equal areas of land, the additional acreage re- 



