Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-26
EXPERIMENT STATION At AMEs
MARKETS FIFTY HEAD FED
VARIOUS RATloNs.
COLLEGE MEN MAKE SHOWING
IN FAVOR OF sILAcE
John NJ. Evvard, kennsdy's Assistant,
Says the More Of It Fed Early the
Greater Will 30 the the Gain in Beet
-Rations Of Different Lots-CoiIsgs
Makes Makes Good Profit.


Chica go, April 26.-John M. Evvard
of the Iowa experiment station, as
sociate of Prof. w. j. Kennedy of the
animal h,,sbandry section, came on the
market Wednesday with the expert
mental steers they have been feeding
the pas: winter. Fifty head were mar
keted at substantial profit.
Last year the Iowa men fed u bunch
of choice quality stuff, but this year
they picked on steers that would more
nearly represent the average Iowa fed
steers. These steers cost $40 In
Omaha in November and were charged
at the laid-down cost of $4.65 at the
experiment feeding grounds. That the
venture was successful one need but
glance at the net profits of $11.27 to
S23.46 per steer. The cattle sold well,
every lot bringing over $500, with an
$500 top, the lowest sale being at $50.
A handsome margin between buying
and selling of $3.50 to $3.7o made these
profits possible. The fifty 2-year-ol
steers came from the Nebraska range
and were started on the trial Nov. II,
1911. Five lots Of ten steers each were
fed.
How Steers Were Fed.
The allotment and rations fed fol-
low:
Lot 1-shelled corn, cottonseed meal
and clover hay.
Lot 2-Shelled corn, cottonseed meal,
clover hay and corn silage.
Lot 3-Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
and corn silage.
Lots 1, 2 and were all put upon
full feed of grain in forty days.
Lot 4-Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
and corn silage.
Lot 5-Sheiled corn. cottonseed meal
and corn silage.
The two lots and 5, handled ident-
ically the same first ninety days, silage
fed heavily and shelled corn increased
to full feed in the ninety days. First
month of thirty days, 6.44 pounds; sec
ond, 1913, and third, 1897 Beginning
ninety-firs day. lot 4 was allowed corn
and silage according to appetite. while
lot was held back on silage and
showed hard on corn, the object being
to get the ration concentrated at end
of the fattening period.
Cottonseed meal allowed in equal
amounts Of practically 2N pounds daily
to lots to S. Lot l, because Of clover,
which Is rich in protein, was fed some
what less.
All feeds were charged at market
prices as follows: g.
" shelled. corn, first month, so cents;
second, 81 cents; third. IS cents;
fourth 81 cents, and fifth. IS cents.
Cottonseed meal. $2s ton.
Glover hay. SIS a ton.
Corn silage, 1920 ton.
"The silage cost is based upon the
actual value of corn in field 6 cents
below market) at time of SLIDING" said
Mr.. F.vvard. "Cost of filing silo. stor-
age of silage and depreciation on equip
ment included. This allows the farmer
a field profit on his corn grown. The
actual production cost on this silage
would not exceed $40 ton.
All roughage fed twice daily, accord
ing to steers appetite, excepting in lot
5 last two months.
Silaee Profits Are Best.
1t is gratifying to the friends Of sill
age, it's feeders, to know that the Iowa
station results again show that silage-
fed cattle are not heavy shrinkers. This
year they all beat clover. AS last year,
the least shrinkage occurred on those
cattle fed both. silage. and. clover.
Glover is clearly outclassed in the
trials reported" continued the Iowa in
structor. THE more silage in the ra-
ton the greater the profits. providing
silage is not fed too heavily after
cattle are well on feed. The statement
was made by the Iowa people last year
that in their opinion silage was pre-
eminently adapted to short feed. The
cattle in the trials at the end of three
months feeding corroborated this dec
laration They also thought it advs-
able to decrease the silage at the finish
Of the fattening period and push on
concentrates at this time. The results
from lot 5, fed in this manner. show
surprisingly the largest profit per steer
of all lots, or a handsome net profit OF
s23.42 to the steer, and this in spite Of
the heavy increase in the price of corn
the last two months, costing, respec-
lively 81 and 65 cents as compared to
30. 81 and SIS cents the first three
months.
ION stationary corn market lot .,