Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-09
IOWA STATE COLLEGE SELLS
CATTLE THUS FED At
GOOD PROFIT.
FiFTY.Six HEAD ARE
USED TO MAKE TEST
Fed in Nine Lots and on Different
Rations-pound Gain Varied Little
Considerable Difference In DUAL.
ity Of Beef Produced and Therefore
In Price on Aoof at Omaha Market.

Omaha, April s.--Conclusive evil
dence as to the value Of corn silage
as a beef producer was shown on the
local market when the Iowa State
college exp ,riment station sold q
consignment OF cattle that had been
used for feeding experiments.
There were fifty-six head IN all
forty mine Of these had been divided
into seven lots OF seven steers each.
The remaining seven head were fed
in two lots. These cattle were pur-
chased at the Kansas City market
last November for Ss.15 and weighed
an average Of 500 pounds each.
Thursday these same cattle, after be-
ing fed for 12o days. brought prices
| ranging from SASS to S13.2s and
! weighed An average OF 1899 pounds.
showing a net gain Of 500 pounds per
head and an advance In price Of from
$3.50 to t4.1o.
In making these tests, Lot ! was
fed a standard corn ration and used
as test lot. Various different ra-
tons were used and different meth
DDS OF feeding carried out with the
other lots. There was very little dtf-
ference in the results obtained in the
various lots as far as gain Is con-
cerned. and seven lots gaining on an
average OF Sol pounds per day.
There was a difference in the quail
ity produced by the various feeds. as
can be seen by the prices paid for
the animals. 1t was seen that the
addition OF can molasses to the regu-
lar standard ration improved the
quality Of the meat on hoof. While
the use of beet molasses also I'M
proved the quality OF the cattle, 1t
was found to be much morS expens-
i've than other feeds.
In summing up the feeding expert
ments, Prof c. c. Culbertson. super
intendent Of the experiments, who.
with r. L. Davis. accompanied the
stock TO market. says: We have
found that in every case the cattle
will show a profit OF course. it
would not be fair to figure in our
labor as the average amount OF work
put In on a farm, as these animals
were given much more care than
they would have been feeding them
on a farm. But figuring as the ave-
rage farmer should figure, that the
manure from tho cattle more than
balances his labor account, there Is
no doubt but what all these cattle
will show q profit over their original
| cost plus feeding.
I'VE have a number OF hogs which
followed the cattle, and these too
should be considered in figuring up
the profit and loss account. Two
many farmers fail to take this angle
Of stock raising into consideration"
continued Professor Culbertson.
These cattle we're originally pur-
chased for experimenting in prepara-
ton for the annual Cattle Feeders
day which IL held each spring at
Ames. On account of the inability Of
the authorities to get more stock OF
the kind they wanted, and the Illness
Of John Evard, who was to have
charge of the experiments. the Cattle
Feeders day for this year has been
cancelled and the cattle were sent to
market. This consignment OF stock
IL believed to be the first sent here
from Ames. but the strike situation
in Chicago forced the Ames authori-
ties to ship to tbs Omaha market.
The rat,ons fed the different lots
were as follows:
Lot 1-SheIled corn full feed twice
daily. plus corn silage full feed twice
daily, plus pounls Of linseed Oil meal
per steer per day, divided into two
feeds and fed on the silage plus
clover hay at night plus block salt
settled.
Lot Same as Lot I, plus I pound
cane nolasses per steer per day.
Lot 3-sameof Lot ! plus 3 pounds
cane molasses per steer per day.
Lot Same as Lot /, plus s
pounds cane molasses per steer per
day.
Lot 5-Same a. Lot 1. plus I pound