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trates consisted of 2 parts of oats and 1 part of bran in the first 

 trial, and equal parts of oats and bran in the second. 



Corn silage compared with roots. 



In the first trial sugar beets gave somewhat better results than 

 corn silage, while in the second rutabagas did not quite equal corn 

 silage. (352) 



758. Corn silage v. mangels. At the Iowa Agricultural College 1 

 I Kennedy, Bobbins, and Kildee fed 79-lb. lambs for 112 days on corn 

 silage or mangels in combination with alfalfa hay with the results 

 shown in the table : 



Corn silage compared with mangels for fattening lambs. 



In this trial the lambs were all heavily fed on grain and made cor- 

 respondingly large gains. The lot fed corn silage made almost as 



Bui. 110. 



