The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-14

1.23 lbs. They had been receiving
light ration of ground ear corn, oats
and barley, hay and corn stover. The
cost of each 100 lbs. of gain was $4.13.
Including the pork credit it was $3.5s
The next lot visited was that of
Charles Alderman. Mr., Alderman
had AT home raised calves on feed.
These calves had been raised until
weaving time at total feed cost of
$11.53 per head. This made an excep-
tionally cheap lot of feeders The
calves were just we'll started on feed,
weighing approximately $50 lbs. They
had made a gain of Its lbs. per head
daily for the 81 days they had been
on feed. They are receiving ration
of shelled corn, cotton seed meal and
hay. The cost of each 100 pounds of
gain has been 1928. Including the
pork credit it was $2.77.
! The first stop in the afternoon was
at the farm of F. L. Richardson, op-
Grated by Clarence Smith. Here the
group saw SO steers that had been on
feed 194 days and were expected to go
to market sometime this week. These
!, steers were showing a high degree OF
!, finish. They were weighing around
: 960 lbs. These steers were carried
on pasture for one and one-halt
months before they went into the feed
lot. They made gain of 1872 lbs.
per head daily for the entire feeding
period They have been receiving a
ration of shelled corn, soybeans, corn
silage and hay. The cost of each 100
lbs. of gain was 1925. Including the
pork credit it was $2.87 These figures
are corrected from those distributed
on the cattle feeder tour. A mistake
: had been made in calculating the rate
Of gain and the cost of gain on this
4 lot of cattle. Mr.. Richardson also had
on feed 32 steers and heifers raised
e from his herd of Hereford cows kept
: under range conditions These calves
S had feed cost Of $22.06 per head and
: for the COW and themselves charged
g against them at weaving time. They
were weighing approximately 700 lbs.
S and had made a gain of 1.88 lbs. per
t day for the 128 days they were on
" feed They have been receiving ra-
n ton of shelled corn, oats, soybeans,
r corn silage and hay. The cost of each
it 100 lbs. of gain was S2.15. Including
e the pork credit it was $2.02.
IS The group saw so head Of high quail
: ity feeder calves that Mr.. Richardson
6 had just purchased in the west.
o The last stop Of the tour was made
h at the Madison County Experiment
Farm. Two lots of 16 steers each
Q have been on feed 176 days. One lot
IL had been on full feed of corn silage
it and received two pounds per day OF
p protein supplement composed of cot
e ton seed meal and whole soybeans anG
l. mixed hay. The second lot had re-
e ceived half as much corn silage, full
= feed of ground oats and mixed hay
!" The full fed corn silage lot weighed
II $50 lbs. when started on feed October
e 13 and weighed $50 lbs. April T. They
o had made an average daily gain fol
: Ito days of 1856. The lot fed one-halt
+ feed of silage and full feed of oats
weighed 632 lbs, when started on feea
/ October 13, and 1017 on April Z. They
Z made an average daily gain of 2.1s
e lbs. for the 176 days on feed. The
K cost of each 100 lbs. gain for the ful
d feed silage group was 1895. The cos
a of gain on the half fed silage groul
$ was S4.39. The market men apprais
j. ed the full fed silage group at $500
n and the half fed silage group at $5.5t
r in Pittsburgh on the present market
: Two lots of calves were on feed a
a the Experiment Farm comparing shell
J. ed corn with ground ear corn. The lo
a receiving ground ear corn averaged
: 376 lbs. when started on feed anc
% were weighing $50 lbs. at the time tn,
. record was figured. They had made
a an average daily gain of 2.97 lbs. fot
i the 127 days they were on feed The,
J. had received an average daily ratior
of 81 lbs. of ground ear corn, 1.8'
- lbs. of protein mixture composed o.
equal parts of cotton seed meal, linseet
ID meal and whole soybeans and 2.9t
4 100 lbs. of gain was s275. Including
j the pork credit it was $245.
: The lot of steers receiving she1iet
, corn weighed 377 lbs when started
on feed and averaged 682 lbs. whef
the records were figured. They hat
made an average daily gain Of q
lbs. for the 127 days on feed. They
had received an average daily ration
! Of 1.9 lbs. of shelled corn, 1.87 lbs. d
\ protein mixture and 2.94 lbs. of hay
The cost of each 100 lbs. Of gain wa.
F $2.82. The cost including the porl
credit was $2.47.
The prices used in figuring the rec
e ords of the lots visited and the Other
10 cattle feeding demonstrations in thu
e county were as follows: Corn 25,
n bushel; corn, ground, 28c bushel; oat.