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4. Steers receiving broken ear corn made their gains at  1
a cost of $14.21 per ewt. and would have had to sell for $10.87 _ ‘ ·
K per cwt. to pay for feed and cattle. They were valued at $8.34 ·
per ewt. and returned a loss of $32.35 per head, not including .
po_rk. _
i 5. The necessary margin was 89 cents per cwt. in lot 5, Q
which received shelled corn, and 87 cents per cwt. in lot 6, ;
which received broken ear corn. 3
6. Steers receiving broken ear corn ate an average of 1.74 ; =
pounds less silage per day than did those receiving shelled
corn. it
7. Shclled corn and broken ear corn produced practically   j
the same amounts of pork. The difference in gains was due   j
more to the individuality of the pigs than to any other factor. it `
_ 8. In this experiment it did not pay to shell the corn. _ Q
SELLING DATA if -
‘ The experiment closed on Tuesday, April 26. The steers ; ·
_ were not sold until the following Monday. The morning feed l
of Saturday, April 30, consisted of the usual feed of corn, a
half feed of silage, and all the timothy hay they would eat. L
On Saturday afternoon, after being exhibited in the Live Stock _
Judging Pavilion for the Feeders’ Meetiiig, the steers were   ·
weighed and loaded for Cincinnati. Table V gives the shrink- '
age of the steers. »  
TABLE v. ;  
Weights and Shrinkage of Steers.
A Lot 5 Lot 6 i
Weight at close of experiment 12,040 lbs. 12,800 lbs. 7 Q
Weight when loaded for Cincinnati 12,840 " 12,720 " ii _
Weight in Cincinnati when sold ’
May 2 12,680 " 12,600 "  
Shrinkage (from close of experiment) 260 " 200 "
Shrinkage (from loading weights) 160 " 120 " i
The larger shrink was in lot 5, receiving shelled corn. .