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greater with the alfalfa hay ration, the two so balancing each 

 other that the final increased profit from the use of silage was 

 the same in each case, about $7,00 per head. 



The substitution of oat straw for legamie hay gave larger profits 

 when silage was fed with corn meal and cottonseed meal. Cotton- 

 seed meal, at the rate of 21/2 pounds per thousand live weight, gave 

 more rapid and cheaper gains, equally good finish and decidedly 

 more profit than 4 pounds per thousand. 



Soy beans were eaten with relish for only three months, while 

 cottonseed meal was avidly eaten after six months' feeding; the 

 gains on the beans were less than on the meal, the finish poorer 

 and the profits less. Gains were made more economically, from 

 standpoint either of feed consumed or of financial cost, when 

 clover rather than alfalfa hay was used in the ration, either with or 

 without silage. 



Silage and grain for steers. (S. Dak. 160.) Twenty steers in 

 five lots were under test for 192 days, silage being used extensively 

 during the first half of the time, preliminary to the regular fat- 

 tening period. 



Corn silage produced more than twice as much gain as sorghum 

 silage when fed as the sole ration, a plain indication that where 

 maize will mature there is no advantage in growing sorghum for 

 silage. Three pounds of oil meal added to the silage rations, 

 either of corn or sorghum, more than double the gains on silage 

 alone, with reduction of the pound cost of the gains. Large gains 

 on silage in the preliminary period were maintained in the fat- 

 tening period. The use of legume hays with silage gave increased 

 gains, but at an increased cost, and the silage fed lots \yere in 

 better condition than those fed silage and hay, probably because 

 of the additional corn in the full silage ration. Alfalfa hay was 

 best of the legumes for feeding, but the steers on sweet clover hay 

 made nearly as good gains during the preliminary period. The 

 sweet clover, when made into hay before the stems became too 

 woody, and cut before feeding, proved to be nearly as palatable and 

 as valuable as the alfalfa hay. 



Sheep feeding. (Ind. 179.) In fattening western laml)s the 

 addition of corn silage to a ration of shelled com and clover hay 

 reduced the cost of gain, slightly increased the selling value of 



