Experiment Station Record, Volume 8, 1896-1897 Page: 75
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FOODS-ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 75
"(10) The whole silage lasted longest, and would consequently make the most
milk and butter. An acre of corn made into whole silage yielded as much as 1.095
acres made into stover silage.
"(11) The results of this experiment as a whole are in entire accord with those
obtained in the similar trial at this station in 1892-'93 (E. S. R., 5, p. 312)."
Experiments in feeding for beef, C. E. THORNE and J. F. HICKMAN
(Ohio Sta. But. 60, pp. 56, dgms. 3).
Synopsis.-Two sets of experiments (in 1894 and 1895) with mixed breeds were
made to determine the cost of producing beef and to test the relative feeding
value of corn meal and wheat meal, gluten meal and linseed meal, corn silage
as part of a ration, and corn silage and corn stover. Data were also recorded
relating to heavy and light feeding, finishing beeves on grass, warn barns vs.
open sheds, effect of temperature, and value of manure. Tentative conclusions
only were drawn. The chemistry of cattle feeding and the comparative value
of various feeding stuffs are also discussed with reference to the experiments.
The steers, 32 in number, for the first experiment were purchased in
the neighborhood and were grades of mixed breeding. They were pastured
during the summer and fall and were then divided into 7 lots of
4 steers each and 2 lots (8 and 9) of 2 steers each. The experiment
began January 11,1894, and continued 120 days. The rations fed each
lot were as follows:
Lot 1. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 gluten meal, clover hay.
2. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 gluten meal, clover hay, and silage.
3. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 linseed meal, clover hay.
4. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 linseed meal, clover hay, and silage.
5. 3 parts wheat meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 gluten meal, clover hay, and silage.
6. 3 parts wheat meal, 3 wheat bran, 2 linseed meal, clover hay, and silage.
7. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, timothy hay, and silage.
8. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, timothy hay, and silage.
9. 3 parts corn meal, 3 wheat bran, timothy hay, and silage.
The linseed meal was old-process meal. The steers were given all
they would eat. All but lot 9 were fed in the barn. This lot was fed
in an open shed in the yard.
The financial statements are based on the following prices: Corn meal,
$16; wheat meal, $20; gluten meal, $18; linseed meal, $26; wheat
bran, $16; clover, $8, and corn silage $2.50 per ton.
The average amount of grain eaten per steer daily during the later
part of the experiment was 15 or 16 lbs. on the corn-meal mixture and
about 12 lbs. on the wheat meal.
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