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lots of four two-year-old. steers, each full fed on shelled corn. The 

 first lot was fed timothy hay for roughness, the second cow pea hay, 

 and the third clover hav and corn fodder with the following results : 



It is shown by these results that the clover and corn fodder lot 

 ate 19 bushels more corn than the timothy hay lot, but on the other 

 hand they ate 298 pounds less roughness and gained 0.25 pound more 

 per day per steer, and made o.ii pound more gain per bushel of corn 

 than the lot fed on timothy hay. 



The cow pea hay lot ate 22 bushels more corn ; a little less 

 roughness; and gained 1.78 pounds more per bushel of corn and made 

 a daily gain of 0.95 pound more per steer than the timothy hay lot. 



The second trial was made with four steers in each lot as before 

 with practically the same results, as is shown by the following table : 



S'jshels of I Pounds of IDaily gain perj Lbs. of gain 

 corn. I roughness. I steer, | per bu. corn. 



r 



Corn and timothy hay | 157. •'5 



Corn and clover hay | 176 . 2 



Corn and cow pea hay I 175.. 3 



Clover hay I 



Corn and corn fodder I 176. 2 



Clover ha'y I 



Corn and wheat straw I 100 . 



2,.540 

 4,768 

 4.783 

 2,475 

 868 

 2,967 

 1.139 



1.97 

 2.84 

 2.84 



5.00 

 6.44 

 6.47 



2.85 

 2.68 



6.74 

 6.65 



Through some mistake the clover hay and corn fodder lot were 

 allowed all the clover hay they would eat and consequently they 

 made clover about three-fourth of their roughness ; yet the gains serve 

 to show the great value of clover for feeding cattle on full feed. The 

 results of the experiments show that all the lots, which received clover 

 hay or cow pea hay for all or part of their roughness, ate a little 

 more corn than the timothy hay lot, but in every case they made 

 better daily gains; and the gain per bushel of corn was from 1.08 

 pound for clover hay and wheat straw to 1.74 pound for the clover 

 hay and corn fodder lot more than for the timothy hay lot. 



