The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-26

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SteerS leu IA the open ave TESS lolal
1000 than those Tea IN the parh' pul
slgntiy more per pound OF gain, lnus
making the cost OF Ieed per pound OF
gam somewhat greater Ior the open
aed than Ior the parn-ieo lot. me GIL.
aerences are, however, SO sllsHl ma !
IS saIe TO conclude that the gains mace
by 1attenlng steers are nor increased
py warm quarters, ana thal IL IS no.
posslbie 10 nave staples LOO colu LOT
Iattenlng steers IN thls cllfna1e' pro,
Vloed tney are kept dry ana wen
pedoed. IN is necessary, however, III
ORDER 10 get the pest results IN out
door leeulns 10 heep lHe yaras from
becoming excessively muddy ana 70
Keep the sheds dry. rms may De done
by good drainage and lhe use OF SOFT
coal clnders IN the yards, n by sup
plying plenty OF peddlng ana
tne manure from the sneds suliiclenly
often. BY these means the sheds can
terror Oh the barn.
me relative value OF barns and
Sneus mas peeh lesteo AT otIier slhtlohs.
mus, at the Kansas statlon' ~ was
Iound thal the Steers running IN yarus
lnade larger gains on lne Whoie lnan
those tied IN stables, but required ABOUT.
u per cent. more grain Tor a given
amount OIL increase.
AZ the Minnesota sta1lon the aues.ion
OF sneiter was one OF the polnts studleu
lot red INDOORS MADE an average daliy
galn OF LA pounds as WIN
20 pounaS IN tne case OF tne iot led
IN sheds, the cost OF pound OF galn
IN the Two cases peihg o;4t Genus ana
5.6l cents, respectlVely-that is to say.
the gain was greater and more cheap
~ MADE When the steers We're Ied IN
open Sheds imam When Ied IN slaples,
put Pro1essor ShaW' VINO carried on the
experiment, considered iAat adolslonal
aesas snoula De maze before de1nlte
concluSlons could De Drawn.
Al the missouri experiment statlon,
n. .. waters ilade d series OIL tes,s
eAeeiu!lAs oyer sseeIdi YEARS ~ uelei-
mine the elIecl Oh sHelter On we gains
mace oy Steers Ied heavy ratlons OF
corn ana nay IN the WINTER. IN every
case me most Satisfactory gains We're
mace o the anlrnals Whlch nad tne
leasl sHelter. me average daIy gam
Oh .ne steers leo IA paris was -
poanus per mead, % .nose leu u. slleus,
LIZ POUNDS, ana OF tNose leu IN open
yards. 2,O5 pounds, the amount OF feed
required per pound VI gam oelis A4.i''
l4LL anu I4,II pouhus' issPectl'eiy.
~ Is neediess 10 say thal we were
not prepared ior quite inns outcome.
WINE we were iuliy coiVinceu tllat
Gattie % tnis CLASS accustomed 70 oul.
uooi nLe cou.u pe easily oseiiouseo
Wnen on Iuli ieeo OIL such neatIns anu
iaeteniIls ioods as corn ana ,iniolly
iaS, SspeIidiiS aA.ei .aeS ao iaiu oi
~onsiueraple idt' ~ was ~reasohapie W
uppos mat d more ecoiioihlcai pam
anu svsh more rapid BON wpuiu NC
opealneu wien .ney were snei'elsu
aea.asl Tue stoiii!s. wills ne vi ~
teieuSe petWeeh .He GAINS we
puiilies "a .hs open sheu anu .ne open
iot W y !,luicane d iaise aovan'ase
III v OF ehe open sned, YET rom eV-
cry poihe oi view ~ Seems lair W say
thas where liuch winter ieeulhs is 70
pe zone ~ WIN pS srolllaple 10 prosloe
suilaple sneller ior l1e ca..le, tne ieeu
anu .ue manure hhd particularly w
give we cattie d Dfy place on "nlcn 10
ne. FROM Ihese experiments IL does
~ apPedr 10 ~, necessary OF prom
aple 70 atteihpt 10 make such quar-
'etS warm.
10 secure aodltiohal rlorfnalion OF
,llls point letters were sent OUT 70 q
larse lunloer OF cat.e leeders IN MIS-
souii ny aojaceill states. " 'ne Low
VINO repiied l'.6 per cent. favored ieed-
ms N cioseu pati,s, o5.1 pei cent. II
ppsh Smmeos, anu Zo.I per ceht. III opeH
sp experience . ptacl.cai ieed-
err ensreIore' seems 70 De IN accoro
Will lit results Oh tHe experiments