Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-02-26
Agricultural.
Corn.and.Cob veal Betser than Corn
MeaI.


Corn.and-Cob veal Better than Corn
Meal.
The question Of the value Of cobs for feed
ing cattle seems to have been quite conc!u
sivey decided by tests made at the expert.
mental farm Of the Kansas agricultural college
during the past two years. The result Of the
experiments, so far as they show that the cob
when ground with the corn which grew on it
has high feeding value, is known to most
reading farmers. The report Of Prof Shell
ton, under whose direction the experiments
we're made, shows that they we're conducted
with great care and varied in such manner
as to make it improbable that, under like cir
oumstauces, any other similar experiments
can show different result.
The nutrtive value of the cob as shown by
chemical analysis is not nearly as great as the
nutritive value Of the grain, but actual exper-
iment in feeding has shown the natural mix
ture Of grain and cob, when ground into fine
meal Of more value than either taken separ-
ately.
In the first experiment at the Kansas sta.
ton, ten steers we're selected to resemble
each other in age weight and condition as
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range cattle that had never seen shelter until
they we're tied up for this experiment. They
were all fed with uniform ration of fodder,
such IS they could consume without waste.
Five OF them we're fed with clear corn meal
the other Eve with corn and-cob meal. The
quantity of meal in each case was gradually
increased until each steer was fed all that he
would eat without waste, and an accurate
record Of each feed kept. The steers we're
fed from Dec. 10 to May Z.
The average gain Of the five steers fed with
the corn. and-cob meal was 3lG lbs. The av-
ersge gain of the FIVE steers fed with the
clear meal was 292 lbs The gain per hun
bred weight of the steers fed with corn and
cob meal was 80 lbs. The average gain per
hundred weight of the steers fed on the clear
meal was 80 lbs. The average amount of
Command cob meal fed for one pound of in
crease was 1882 lbs, and the average amount
clear meal fed for one pound of increase was
1856 lbs. or very nearly u lbs of the corn
and cob meal, and lbs of the clear meal
for each pound Of increase.
In every particular, Prof. Shelton says,
the result was in favor of the steers fed with
the corn ground with the supporting cob.
The steers fed on the corn and-cob meal con-
sumed fewer pounds of feed daily and total
ly than those fed on the corn meal making
at the same time larger gain per steer, and
per hundred weight of steer and at a con-
siderable less cost of food. The experiment
seems TO show that a pound Of corn and tie
cob on ohich it gre,O arden ground together
and fed to steers, is soOrh more than pound
Of meal made from corn alone. In his exper
iment II, $3.50 pounds of Command cob meal
gave 1880 pounds of Increase IL, 565 pounds
of corn meal gave 1854 pounds of increase
BY large number of weighings made during
the progress of these experiments Prof.
Shelton found the proportion of cob to corn
to be about Is lbs. to each 100 lbs. of corn
in the ear. One bushel 60 lbs of corn.
and cob meal gave 8. sc pounds of increase.
One bushel COG lbs. of corn meal gave 7.O4
lbs of increase.
Similar experiments with similar results have
been made at the Kansas station in feed ng
hogs with Command cob meal and others with
clear meal. Later experiments at the station
in feeding steers confirm the results first OBJ.
tanned.