Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-29

supplemented economically by corn
silage.
At the end of the first period, Au-
gust 10Th, the supply of silage was
exhausted, and prairie hay, worth
$40 per ton, was substituted for 1t,
thus furnishing opportunity to COM
pare this hay with corn fodder fed
Lot l. The second period of the test
extended from August 18th to De-
cember 5th, a period of 112 days,
when the steers were marketed.
The general conclusions as pub
lished in the summary of this bulle
tin are as follows:
1. In comparing bran, linseed
meal, and cold pressed cotton seed
meal, each as a source Of protein sup
| plementing corn meal and silage, the
cold pressed cake proved to be worth
| so per cent more per ton than wheat
more per ton than cold-pressed cot
ton seed cake.
In the use Of each Of these supple
mentary protein feeds with corn meal
and prairie hay, the cold pressed cot
ton seed cake showed a value per ton
% per cent greater than wheat bran,
and the linseed meal 2S per cent
more than the cotton seed cake.
(Note: Cold-pressed cotton seed
cake has all the hull left on the seed,
and this accounts for its lower valuo
than the same weight Of lnseed
meal. The ordinary cotton seed meal
is made from seed decorticated and
cooked before having the oil pressed
out Of 1t, and hence the meal is free
Of hulls and is a cheaper source of
protein than linseed meal)
2. Where alfalfa was used in con-
nection with corn meal and silage, or
corn meal and prairie hay, large
gains were made without the use OF
concentrated protein food. The
gains in both experiments where al
falfa was fed were larger, less costly
and much more profitable. These
experiments, supplementing what
had previously been found, show
that beef can be produced in Nebras-
ka at lower cost and with greater
profit on a combination of the corn
plant and alfalfa hay than on any
other combination of foods available
in the State.
3. These experiments show that
corn silage gives larger gains than
shredded corn stover when each is
fed with corn meal and alfalfa, and
for beef production is worth 6G per
cent more per ton.
4. Corn stover has a value 80 per
cent as great as prairie hay, and the
portion consumed is fully as, ,yalua-
Bile. Prairie hay at it's usual market
price is not profitable for fattening
cattle.
b. In comparing ration consist
ing of heavy feed of corn meal, al
falfa and light feed OF silage, with
ration consisting Of a medium
quantity Of each feed and a ration
consisting Of light feed Of corn, al
falfa and heavy feed of silage,
yearling steers being fattened for
market made cheaper and more prof
liable gains on the larger feed of
corn and smaller feed Of corn silage.
6. In growing calves to be fatten-
ed later for market, the cheapest
gains were made OF. liberal ration
of corn silage and alfalfa without
grain, the cost of gain increasing in
proportion to the amount of corn
meal fed.
7. These experiments show that
there is a great variation in the ca
pacity Of individual steers to make
gains under like conditions. The
data do not show that the individuals
Of one breed make larger gains than
those OF another breed. The varia-
tion in gain seems to be fully as
great within breed as between rep
resentatives Of different breeds.
8. Type or conformation seems to
be controlling factor, the low-set,
more compact types having something
Of an advantage in gains and much
in early maturity over the rangy
types.
8. Gains seem to be correlate to a
considerable degree with body ca
pacity as indicated by the size OF the
middle girth, the largest gamers hav-
ing relatively larger middle girths at
the same weight in most instances.