Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-05
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Steer Feeding Profitable.

a summary of results of winter See
feeding experiments undertaken for
the purpose of determining the rela-
tive value of oats straw and clover
hay when fed with corn Silago as
roughage in fattening steers, and
also the relative profit in long and
short feeding periods.
The bulletin states chat during
seven successive tests Of one sort and
another in winter steer feeding at
this station, the average profit has
been SO per steer, and during this
test the profit was $19.93 per steer.
However, the cash profit on the
cattle themselves is not the only
source of profit in steer feeding. The
hogs that run with the cattle, in Or
der to utilize the wastage and undi-
gested corn voided with the drop
pings, yield good profits, and the ma
nure from both cattle and hogs has
a value by no means inconsiderable.
Following are the lessons drawn
from these experiments:
The profit from feeding in this eX-
pertinent was large because Of unu-
sual market conditions for fat cattle.
The addition Of corn silage to a
ration for fattening cattle decreased
the consumption of shelled corn in
amounts closely approXimating the
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by the cattle.
The addition of corn silage once
daily to a ration Of shelled corn, cot
ton seed meal and clover hay, re-
duced the cost Of gains $1.S3 per
hundred pounds and increased the
total profit $S.S5 per steer.
The addition of corr silage twice
daily to a ration Of shelled corn, cot
ton seed meal and clover hay, re-
duced the cost of gain $3.17 per hun
dred pounds and increased the total
profits $11.19 per steer.
The substitution Of corn silage for
clover hay in a ration OF Shelled corn,
cotton seed meal and clover hay re-
duced the cost Of gain $4.35 per hun
dred pounds and increased the pro-
fits $17.97 per steer.
The more nearly corn silage re-
placed the clover hay in the ration
the cheaper was the gain and the
greater the profit.
Corn silage produced a very rapid
finish on the cattle.
The silage used in this trial con-
tanned an unusually high per cent of
dry matter and was, judging from
previous experience, more efficient
for fattening cattle than silage con-
tanning a higher per cent of mois-
ture.
The feeding of oat straw instead
Of clover hay in a ration of shelled
corn, cotton seed meal, dry roughage
(once daily and ri silage (once
daily decreased slightly the amount
Of feed eaten and the gains made;
but decreased the cost Of gain $1.13
per hundred pounds and added $2.77
per steer to the total profits.
Cattle fattened on a ration of
shelled corn, cotton seed meal, clo-
yer hay (Once daily and corn 81
lage tonce daily finished better and
sold for Is cents per hundred higher
than cattle fed a similar ration with
the clover hay replaced by a straw.
A ration of shelled corn, cotton
seed meal, oat straw and corr sis
lage ttwice daily proved to be as
efficient in every way for fattening
cattle as a ration of shelled corn, cot
ton ICED meal, clover hay and corn
silage (twice daily
The feeding OF oat straw instead
Of clover hay in a ration of shelled
corn, cotton seed meal, dry roughage
and corn silage Gwice daily effected
a saving of 90 cents per hundred
pounds gain and increased the profit
SSH per steer.
Corn Jsilage, oat straw and two
pounds of cotton seed meal daily per
head produced a daily gain Of 1877
pounds per steer for sixty days.
Cattle fed rougnage sixty days and
full-fcd or grain n hundred days
made slower and cheaper gains than
cattle fulfilled one hundred and sixty
days.
ShOrt-fed cattle returned a profit
Of SO cents per head less than long
fed cattle when pork is considered;
when considered without pork. short
fed cattle made a profit Of SO cents