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than wider rations. The wider ration with silage gave better results 

 than the narrow ration without silage, but this was evidently due to the 

 silage since the wide ration without silage gave the poorest results of 

 all. A ration of i :5 is advised as a good standard for this class of 

 feeding stock. 



Value of succulence 



The results of this experiment show that silage is of great advantage 

 in the ration, and should be used when obtainable. The cheapest gains 

 were made with a narrow ration with silage. The next cheapest gains 

 were made with a wide ration with silage, the succulence of the ration 

 overcoming the tendency to produce lower gains with less protein in the 

 ration. The most economical ration was that with a nutritive ratio of 

 1 :5.3, with silage for succulence. This ration produced the largest gains 

 at the lowest cost per pound of gain. 



