The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-03-15

brought out. Glover hay was compared
with timothy hay and corn slower when
used with corn for fattening two-year-
old cattle. 1t took 1853 pounds corn and
4s2 pounds clover hay to produce one
mound of beef in the clover hay fed
lot as compared with 9.87 pounds corn
and SIS pounds timothy hay and corn
slower combined. Or, taking into con-
sideration the meat (both beef and
pork produced the figures stand as
follows: CTS pounds corn per pound
gain on steers and pigs combined in
the clover hay lot, as against S.47
pounds in the timothy hay-corn stover
lot. There were twelve steers in each
lot and they were fed eighteen weeks
In the clover hay lot $272.08 worth of
feed Figured at normal prices, 50
cents for corn and $500 for clover hay)
produced a gain of 1906 pounds (Chi-
cago weight) on the steers and 642
pounds on the hogs while in the tim
othy hay and corn slower lot 1851. "a
worth of feed produced only 2,49S
pounds gain on steers and 482 pounds
on the hogs.
The records Of this experiment clearly
show the relative greater efficiency OF
the corn and clover hay ration as COM
pared with the corn, timothy hay and
corn slower ration for beef production.
That the advantage of the former was
due entirely to the nature Of the rough
age fed is probable, since corn was the
concentrate used in both instances.
Notwithstanding the fact that the corn
and clover hay ration was more effec-
tive for beef production, 1t appears also
to be very favorable to pork production,
as more pork was produced by the pigs
following this lot Of steers and more
pork per pound grain fed to the steers
than were timothy.
AS would be expected from COM
parison Of the grains made in the two
lots the steers in the lot making the
largest gains were more nearly finished
than the others. That is to say, the
lot fed on corn and clover hay sold for
soc per hundred weight more than the
lot fed on corn, timothy hay and corn
slower. The shrinkage in shipping from
Champaign to Chicago per steer in the
former was but 35 pounds to the latters
Al. With corn at 35 cents per bushel,
clover hay at $500 per ton, timothy at
$1,000 and corn stover at $500 per ton
the prOnC per steer III lcculiiS lAO Ia
tions discussed above was for the corn
and clover hay lot, $11.89; for the corn,
timothy hay and corn slower lot, $3.50.
This should be sufficient argument to
encourage the growing of clover or al
falfa for cattle feeding purposes. The
two-year-old cattle used in this test
contained considerable Shorthorn blood,
but would not grade above medium to
good and ordinarily could be purchased
in the fall of the year for $3.50 per cwt.
delivered in the feed lot and would
sell in the condition these were market
ed at from $5.35 to $5.65 per hundred
weight on the Chicago market.
At the Missouri experiment station
1875 bushels of corn and 2,54O pounds
of timothy hay made gain of 7Ss
pounds in 105 days on four steers or an
average daily gain Of !. 10 pounds. Each
bushel Of corn in this case made gain
of five pounds. 176 bushels Of corn,
2,475 pounds of clover and S68 pounds
of corn fodder made gain OF 1,14O
pounds in the same time, or an average
daily gain Of PISS pounds Here a
bushel Of corn averaged to produce. GA
pounds of gain in weight. One humid
red and sixty-nine bushels Of corn, g.
967 pounds Of clover and 1,139 pounds
of wheat straw produced a total gain
Of 1913 pounds or 2.68 pounds Of gain
These results apply with even greater
force to calves than to yearlings and
two-year-old cattle.