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and washed daily for thirty-three days at the beginning of the experiment. 
Without describing the work in detail, it is sufficient to say that we found that 
the cornmeal lot voided 5:46 per cent. of their meal in the manure; lot 2 
voided 11:27 per cent.; and lot 3, 14°13 percent. This means that the three 
lots made their gains on the following quantities of grain :— 
Lot 1, on 15,582 lb. cornmeal, or 9°42 lb. per pound of gain. 
» 2, on 14,488 lb. red Kafir, or 9:64 1b. +) s) ff) 
5, 93, 0n 18,972 lb. white Kafir, or 8:94 1b. ,, p $ 
That is to say, only these quantities could have been effective in the 
production of beef, inasmuch as the balance of the grain eaten was found in 
the form of good sound meal in the manure. 
The trial indicates that if we could find means to render Kafir corn more 
easily digested, either by grinding it finer, by soaking it, or otherwise, we 
should have as good returns from Kafir corn as from corn, or better. In- 
directly it shows that it is 2 mistake to feed Kafir corn whole, as only those 
grains which are crushed under the teeth can be of service to the animal. 
Value of Droppings for Hog-feed—In this experiment the undigested 
grain was not lost. To test the value of the droppings for hog-feed, seven 
shoats were placed behind each lot of steers on 15th December. They (the 
pigs) averaged, on that date, the following weights per head for the respective 
lots: Cornmeal lot, 166 lb.; red Kafir corn lot, 168 Ib.; white Kafir corn lot, 
169 lb. All these hogs were purebred Poland-Chinas, neariy of the same 
age. Like the steers, they were weighed once a week individually. The plan 
was to feed them sparingly with grain, so that they could always be urged by 
a good appetite to get all the grain there was in the droppings. ‘'o this end, 
they were fed equal quantities of grain of the same kind as was fed to the 
steers which they followed. If the investigations on the quantity of grain 
found in the droppings were correct, the hogs following the Kafir corn lots 
ought to make the larger gains, because they had more food, and so it was, 
The following table shows this :— 
Lot 1. Lot 2. Lot 3. 
Pounds of grain fed ... oe 2,520 2,520 2,480 
Pounds of feed available in manure... 705 1,475 1,842 
Pounds gain of each lot x0 an ERS 698 725 
Pounds feed available per lb. of gain 507 5°72 5:96 
Here, then, we have transformed into pork the Kafir corn which the steers 
failed to make into beef. 
The steers fed cornmeal gained 135 |b. more than those fed red Kafir 
corn. Here we have at least 63 lb. of that difference in the shape of pork, 
leaving only 62 Ib. to be credited to the superiority of the cornmeal. In like 
manner the steers fed cornmeal gained 69 lb. more than those fed white 
Kafir corn; but the hogs following the latter gained 90 lb. more than the 
cornmeal hogs, completely wiping out the difference, and giving a surplus of 
21 1b. to the credit of the white Kafir corn. 
_ When the steers were sold, each lot made a profit—lot 1 of 47°60 dollars, 
lot 2 of 44°98 dollars, and lot 3 of 42°02 dollars. The hogs were not all sold, 
but those which were sold brought 3:70 dollars per 100. On this basis the profit 
on the hogs would stand as follows:—Lot 1, 7:10 dollars ; lot 2, 10°12 dollars ; 
lot 8, 11:21 dollars. These amounts, added to the profit on the steers, would 
bring out the following for the grain fed to the respective lots of both steers 
and hogs :—Lot 1, 54°70 dollars; lot 2, 55°10 dollars; lot 8, 53°23 dollars. 
This proves that practically Kafir corn is equal to corn for the combined 
production of beef and pork. Such is the result of a patiently conducted 
experiment, as detailed in the report of the Kansas State Board of Agri- 
culture. We have seen how the feeding of the different lots was carried out, 
what the cost was of that feed, and what the final financial result was. The 
only thing omitted is the cost of labour during the 175 days, but presumably 
it was considered that the manure left during the experiments would pay for 
labour in caring for and feeding the steers and hogs. 
