1920] 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



869 



iiK'iit, !uul com sil.ijre r. mixed corn and soy-boan silage. The following table 

 .sviimiiuilzes the main results: 



Re.s II ! I .'i nf (I l.'iO-ilny fcalinfi trial with ateers, 1918-19. 



' Received no com first 80 days. 



It is pointed ont that the rate of gain and the finish were in goncn-Ml projKir- 

 tiotial to tlio amount of corn fed. When the gains made by hogs were included, 

 the profits were also proportional to the amount of corn. For the first time in 

 these trials the addition of cottonseed meal to the ration failed to show bene- 

 ficial results. 



Cattle feeding.— [XVII, Winter steer feeding, 1919-20, J. H. Skinner 

 and F. G. Kino {Indiana Sla. Bid. 2^9 {1920), pp. 2/,, fig. 1; pop. cd.. pp. 7, fig. 

 1). — The feeding trial reported was planned as a duplication of that noted 

 above. The following table gives the more important data: 



Results of a I'lO-day feeding trial with steers, 1919-20. 



> Received no com first 80 days. 



With the price schedule used — current market prices — all the lots were sold 

 at a loss. 



Steer feeding experiments {Kentucky Sta. Rpt. 1919, pt. 1, p. 39). — It was 

 found that steers receiving sorghum silage made an average daily gain of 1.96 

 lbs., whereas steers on corn silage gained 2.15 lbs. per day. The grain ration 

 consisted of corn and cottonseed meal In both cases, and the length of the 

 feeding period is not stated. 



On the basis of four years' work, it is estimated that sorghum yields 73.5 

 per cent more silage per acre than com. 



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