Show CLOVER WINS EDGE IN FEEDING TRIAL clover had a slight edge over alfalfa in the beef feeding trials which have just been completed at the wisconsin college of agriculture in the steer feeding trials two lots lota of ten steers each weighing practically the tame same made an average gain of pounds in tile case ot of the clover fed steers and rin an average gain of pounds when fed alfalfa during the trial period of days the average dally daily gain was the same tor for the two lots pounds per animal the average ration used in the experiment peri ment consisted ot of 10 pounds ot of corn 27 pounds of corn silage 53 pounds of 0 clover hay in one case and 63 53 pounds of alfalfa hay for the other lot and 14 pounds of cottonseed meal tor for the raver fed bcd animals as compared to 8 pound tor for the alfalfa fed ed steers for each pounds gain eln the er fed steers got pounds pou ads of corn pounds n of cottonseed meal pounds of clover hay ond and pounds of 0 corn silage their competitors peti tors made like gains on pounds of corn pounds ot cottonseed meal 2744 pounds of alfalfa hay bay and pounds of corn silage the former ration cost 1479 and the latter 20 cents more pork profits from hogs following the steers not lle lc ducted the net profit per steer in the CIO alov V er fed group croup not incle jing pork profit was 1018 when the pork profit was added this group returned a net profit over cost of feed of 2320 2326 per steer the alfalfa fed animals made mad e a profit without the pork profits of 1542 with the pork profits profit added they averaged net return per steer over cost of teed feed in announcing the result of the baby beef feeding trials J G fuller of the animal husbandry department under w hose direction tile the experiments were carried on said perhaps we had bad better not get too enthusiastic about baby beet beef production but consider seriously all of the costs involved in the baby beef feeding trials two lots of live five anti animals nals each weighing C oa 09 per animal in ench each lot were pitted against each other corlos daya to see whether better gains could be made on cottonseed meal than on linseed oll meal A margain of 0 r nore profit was made on the baby beeves that got linseed oil meal as a part of 0 their ration over what was made by ahr cottonseed s q ed meal TO eal group of baby beeves beeve ai I 1 ahe estimated per animal in n tile the latter group was while the former paid a profit of 0 1103 per animal the average daily ration per animal conR consisted isted of 50 36 pounds of cracked corn 30 pounds of crushed oats pounds of corn silage 40 10 pounds of alfalfa hay bay and 08 93 pounds of cottonseed meal for one lot and 08 98 pounds of linseed for the other tot lot the cottonseed bryal m al group was fed 0 2008 pounds of cracked corn 1584 pounds of crushed oats cuts pounds of cottonseed meal pounds of corn silage and 1 2039 P pounds of alfalfa hay for or each pounds of pain gain the illige linseed ed oll class made rounds pound i of rain gain on 2 2077 pounds of cracked corn 1459 pounds of cru crushed blied oats pounds lit A linseed oll oli meal pounds of corn silage and 1824 pounds of alfalfa liay hay in inthe alie cotton seed meal group the average gain per animal was pounds and the average gain per animal in the linseed class was pounds a margin of pounds per animal anin nal |