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Feeds and Feeding. 



In another trial 1 40 grade Short-horn steers of fair quality were 

 fed 149 days on an average ration of 8.8 Ibs. of corn and cotton-seed 

 meal, 2.1 Ibs. of hay and corn stover, and 38 Ibs. of corn silage. 

 These steers made the excellent average daily gain of 1.8 Ibs. each. 

 When shipped to Jersey City they shrank no more than dry-fed cattle, 

 and dressed 57 per ct. The meat was fully equal to that of Western 

 corn-fed cattle, being of superior quality with good color, and the 

 fat and lean being well blended. These investigators conclude that 

 there is no justification for opposition to silage for finishing beef 

 cattle. Owing to the laxative nature of corn silage they recommend 

 feeding, along with it, 2 or 3 Ibs. daily of shredded stover, timothy 

 hay, or some other dry roughage, larger amounts not being neces- 

 sary where good silage is used. (278) 



563. Silage v. roots. At the Ontario Agricultural College 2 Shaw 

 fed 3 groups of 2 grade Short-horn steers each, giving corn silage to 

 one lot, corn silage and hay to a second, and hay, turnips, and man- 

 gels to a third. The concentrates for all lots consisted of equal parts 

 of ground peas, barley, and oats. Mixed timothy and clover hay was 

 used. 



Corn silage compared with roots. 



It is shown that the silage-fed steers made slightly better daily 

 gains than those fed roots and hay, and much better gains than those 

 getting both silage and hay. Day of the same College 3 concludes 

 from 2 trials that silage has a somewhat higher feeding value than 

 roots with fattening steers, the difference materially favoring silage 

 when cost of production is considered. (351-3, 656) 



564. Silage v. roots in Britain. Ingle, summarizing 201 trials 

 with fattening steers in Great Britain in all but 16 of which roots 



1 Virginia Expt. Sta., Bui. 173. 



Ept. 1891. 



3 Epts. 1901, 1902. 



