50 T/’/tirfy-Fifl/i itantm! Report. .
Hogging Down Experiments. 'l`he results for this year 1
show that. the number of pounds of pork produced per aero j
was below normal, due to the low yield ot corn and beans   I
eanse ot the dronth during the late summer. Again the lot (
in which eorn was lioggetl clown and tankage self-fed proved I
to be the most prolitable. Our experiments in cooperation I
with the Bureau ot` Animal lndustry showed that the liogging (
down ot' eorn with the soybeans planted in the row didlnot 1
produce soft porln p
Steer Feeding. An experiment was conducted the object l
ot` which was to obtain some data on the comparative gains ’
and protits made by steers that were ted silagje thruout the l l
t-ttnt~t— t`eeding· period and steers that had clover hay substitut— *
ed tor silage near the end oli the Feeding period. (
Steers ted eorn. eottonseed meal. eorn silage {SG days] (
elover hay (K7 daysi and straw inade an average daily gain ot  
2.57 pounds on an average daily ration ot 10.71 pounds shelled · I
eorn. 2.71 pounds cottonseed meal. 40.70 pounds silage. 11.36 1
pounds elover hay and .1.0 pound ot straw. The profit per
steer, not ineluding· pork, was $5.63. ln