BARLEY 
29 
Record of Steer Feeding. 
No. of Pen. 
Hay. 
Corn. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Beets. 
Gain in 
Weight 
per Head 
Shrinkage 
in 
Shipping. 
1 
9,195 
2,334 
237 
756 
155 
8 
2 
7,938 
237 
2,352 
6,936 
163 
27 
3 
8,898 
2,574 
76 
37 
6 
7,524 
237 
2,256 
5,694 
141 
66 
Corn versus Barley. A comparison of pens No. 1 
and No. 3 is a test of corn and barley, each fed without 
beets. The two lots ate nearly, the same amount of hay 
and much the same of grain. The extra grain eaten 
by pen No. 3 just about balances the extra hay and a few 
beets fed to pen No. 1. The amount of food eaten and 
the market value of that food are about equal. The 
growth is decidedly in favor of corn. Not only did the 
corn make a larger growth, amounting to 79 pounds per 
head, but this growth was so much firmer that it shrank 
less in shipment. The corn-fed steers weighed on the 
market 124 pounds more per head than the barley-fed. 
The barley-fed steers began to show soon after they were 
put on to the feed that they were not doing so well as 
those having corn. They ate their food up clean and 
with a fairly good appetite, but always looked worse than 
their neighbors on corn. 
Wheat and Beets versus Barley and Beets. The 
amount of beets fed in each case is not so much different, 
when taken in connection with the difference of grain, but 
that the results may be considered as due to the difference 
in the feeding value of the wheat and the barley. The 
wheat and beets giye considerable more growth than the 
barley and beets. Just as the steers fed on barley alone 
shrink more than those on com alone, so those on barley 
and beets shrink more than those on wheat and beets. In 
both cases the barley does not seem to make so hard flesh 
and fat as the corn or wheat. Judged by the weights on 
the market, the wheat and beets have made almost double 
the gain in live weight of the barley and beets. 
