118 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Cost of Feed i^er Pound of Live Weight gained. 

 Yearlings. 



Ti(U)-ijear-ol(ls. 



Grain and corn stover, 



Grain and corn ensilage, . . . . 



Grain, hay and straw, 



Grain, hay and roots, 



What the Above Tables teach. 

 (a) Relative Average Gain. 



The chief coarse fodders fed were corn stover, corn fodder, 

 corn ensilage and hay and roots. It is to be observed that in 

 case of both yearlings and two-year-olds the greatest daily gain 

 was made when the coarse fodder consisted of corn ensilage. 

 Corn fodder and hay and roots also made a very fair showing. 

 In comparing the table of growth and digestible matter con- 

 sumed it Avill be ol)servcd that a very close relation exists 

 between them. The more digestil)le matter consumed, the 

 greater the daily gain. Thus in the case of l)oth yearlings 

 and two-year-olds in 1889-90 the gain in live weight during 

 the ensilage period was exceptionally high. 



On referring to the tables published in the annual report 

 for 1892, page IGG, it will be seen that the steers consumed 

 a very large amount of food during that time, and to this 



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