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Bulletin 91 



SILAGE AND ALFALFA HAY COMPARED WITH SILAGE AND 

 COTTONSEED MEAL; ALSO WITH SILAGE. ALFALFA HAY, 

 AND COTTONSEED MEAL 

 Having proved that a ration of silage and alfalfa hay is better 

 than alfalfa hay alone for fattening steers, it is next desired to com- 

 pare this ration with silage and cottonseed meal and with a combina- 

 tion of all three of the feeds. Three lots of steers were used to make 

 this study. Lot II was fed on silage and alfalfa hay; Lot HI, silage 

 and cottonseed meal; and Lot IV, silage, cottonseed meal, and alfalfa 

 hay. Each lot receiving silage or alfalfa hay was given all of these 

 feeds they would eat, and Lots III and IV were given an average of 

 2.66 pounds cottonseed meal per head daily for the entire period. 

 It will be noted that Lot IV was given a combination of the rations 

 given Lots II and III. A detailed summary of the results of this 

 test is given in Table VI I. 



