. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . rn eaten, lbs Hay eaten, lbs Total pain, lbs Average daily gain, lbsGrain per lb gain, lbs . Corn and Corn and Corn andmillet Corn and timothy clover sorghum hay hay hay 1,926 1,926 1,926 1,926 1,543 5,719 4,727 318 640 119 166 .37 .52 The results of the two experiments are in fullaccord. Note the diffe
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . rn eaten, lbs Hay eaten, lbs Total pain, lbs Average daily gain, lbsGrain per lb gain, lbs . Corn and Corn and Corn andmillet Corn and timothy clover sorghum hay hay hay 1,926 1,926 1,926 1,926 1,543 5,719 4,727 318 640 119 166 .37 .52 The results of the two experiments are in fullaccord. Note the difference in the amount of gain *Missouri experiment station—Board of agriculture bulletins,September and October, iqoi. 1 THE BOOK OF CORN and in the number of pounds of corn required perpound of gain of the steers that were fed a balancedration, in comparison with those which were fed anunbalanced ration of corn with either timothy hay, BALANCED AND UNBALANCED RATIONS FOR FATTEN-ING STEERS* First trial, 1899-00, 119 days, four two-year-old steers in eachlot, full fed on shelled corn. Corn eaten, bushels Roughness eaten, lbs Total gain, lbs Average daily gain per steer, lbs Pounds grain per lb of gain Gain per bushel of corn, lbs Corn and timothy hay. Corn and cowpea hay Second trial, 1900-01, 105 days, four two-year-old steers ineach lot, full fed on shelled corn. Corn eaten, bushels Roughness eaten, lbs Total gain, lbs Average daily gain per steer, Pounds grain per lb of g ain Gain per bushel of corn, lbs Corn and timothy hay ,530789 Corn andclover hay 4,768 1, Corn and cowpea hay 4,783 1, millet or sorghum. The corn when fed with eitherclover or cowpeas was more than twice as efficientas when combined with any of the other materialsnamed. Fattening Steers—Corn is conceded by all authori-ties to be the best single grain ration for fattening ani-mals, especially when its low cost is considered. At ♦Misso
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