The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-02
Use OF Distillers' Rye
Grains In Stock Feed
Aids Caffeine en-
Adoption OF New Fodder Ra-
tons For Steers In Feed Lot
With Hogs Will Save Mary
land Farmers Thousands OF
Dollars Annually, Expert
ment At University Shows.


be changed into q net profit by SUBJ
stitution of distillers' dried rye
grains for some of the corn which
constitutes a regular part of fodder
for steers, and by adoption of the
practice of sending hogs into the
feed lot with the steers. These facts
are indicated by an experiment just
concluded which began at the Ex-
pertinent Station of the University
of Maryland in December and which
was financed, in part, by the Asso-
clifton of Maryland Distillers and
Allied Industries.
"The experiment had two out
standing results" said Professor
Fred H. Leinbach of the Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry, who
directed the tests. "It showed that
many farmers in the State are de-
voting time and energy to the grow
ing of steers which they ultimately
sell, although without realizing it,
at a net loss. 1t showed, too, that
the use of distillers' dried rye
grains in place of part of the corn
ration greatly reduces this loss, but
that profit results only when hogs
are introduced into the feed lot to
recover unassimilated grains.
ave used ten steers in each of
four groups in the feeding expert
ment. The first group, which was
a control group, received the fodder
usually provided for steers in this
State. This group showed a net
loss Of $500 per steer at slaughter
time, N-;ch was offset, however,
by the increased value Of the pork
from the hogs in the feed lot. The
net value of this pork per steer
amounted to 1886, showing a net
profit per steer of sixteen cents.
when distillers' dried rye grains
were substituted for part of the
corn, the net loss per steer amount
ed to only "a cents, because of saw
ings in the cost of fodder. The
net value of the pork produced from
the hogs in the feed lot with the
steers was $3.50, lowest among all
four groups, but producing a net
profit per steer of $1.95, highest
among the four groups. This is
clear evidence that distillers' dried
grains were better assimilated than
the corn they replaced, and it was
noted, too, that the cattle receiving
the dried rye grains showed high
er degree of finish and were ap-
praised at the slightly higher valu-
alton of three cents per hundred
weight"
The other two groups which re-
ceived combination rations-group
three, distillers' dried rye grains
and cane molasses, and group four,
distillers' rye slop-showed in the
case of group three net profit Of
STAG per steer, but net loss of
"a cents per steer for the fourth
group. Since the net profit on the
control group was sixteen cents per
steer, the use of distillers' dried
grains showed an increased profit
per steer of $1.79.
''It must be kept in mind" said
Professor Leinbach, "that these re-
suits are based on the price for fod-
der by the University. Some stock
men in this same period may have
obtained better prices and it may
be that in other years they will
obtain better prices, but the expert
ment was conclusive under these
terms and will be conducted next
year to check on the present
results"