70 



When feeds are valued as previously stated it is seen 

 that the silage-fed steers (Lot 1) made the cheapest gains 

 in both cases. When the whole period of 84 days is 

 taken into consideration each 100 pounds of increase 

 in live weight cost $8.98 when the silage was used, $11.47 

 when Johnson-grass hay (Lot 2) supplemented the cot- 

 tonseed meal and hulls, and $10.08 when nothing was 

 fed except cottonseed meal and hulls (Lot 3). Johnson- 

 grass hay proved to be the most expensive and unsatis- 

 factory feed used. During the first 56 days, when silage 

 was being fed, each 100 pounds of gain in Lot I co'U 

 $7.98; the same gain cost $11.88 in Lot 2 where John- 

 son-grass hay was used in place of silage, and $8.80 in 

 Lot 3 where cottonseed meal and hulls were fed alone. 

 As far as economical gains were concerned the silago 

 proved to be a valuable addition to the cottonseed meal 

 and hulls, but money was lost when Johnson-grass hay 

 replaced part of the cottonseed hulls, each 100 pounds oC 

 increase in weight costing just $3.08 more w^hen the hay 

 w^as fed than when cottonseed meal and hulls were fed 

 alone. 



By studying the second part of Table 3, it is seen (Lot 

 1) that 287 pounds of cottonseed meal, 812 pounds ol 

 hulls and 1132 pounds of silage produced 100 pounds ol 

 increase in weight. When the meal and hulls were feJ 

 alone (Lot 3) it is further seen that 280 pounds of meal 

 plus 1,475 pounds of hulls produced the same number 

 of pounds of increase in weight; therefore 1132 pounds 

 of silage saved 663 pounds of hulls, but, at the same 

 time, caused the loss of 7 pounds of cottonseed meal. Or, 

 1 ton of the silage actually saved $3.94 worth of hulls and 

 cottonseed meal when hulls and meal were valued at 

 $7.00 and $26.00 a ton respectively. Corn silage in this 

 test was therefore worth $3.94 a ton. In the same way it 

 is found that 641 pounds of Johnson-grass hay took the 

 place of 471 pounds of hulls, but caused the loss of 92 

 pounds of cottoseed meal ; or, 1 ton of hay proved to have 

 a feeding value of only $1.31 when the meal and the 

 hulls were valued as above. Johnson-grass hay in this 



