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In his Bulletin Professor Cochel says: "Experi- 

 ments at this and other stations have shown that the 

 addition of corn silage to the rations that are usually 

 fed to fattening animals, results in 'cheaper and more 

 rapid gains in the feed lot, and that its succulent nature 

 causes cattle to shed the hair early and to look more 

 attractive than those fed exclusively on dry feeds. A 

 further advantage in Pennsylvania is that an excellent 

 quality of corn silage can be produced in localities 

 where the season is too short for corn to mature." 



The value of corn silage as a part of the ration in 

 fattening cattle is also shown from the results of a 

 feeding test conducted at the Indiana Experiment Sta- 

 tion. The results of this test are shown by Dean J. H. 

 Skinner and Prof. F. G. King, in their Bulletin No. 163. 

 These gentlemen state that: 



The addition of corn silage to a ration for fattening 

 cattle decreased the consumption of shelled corn in 

 amounts closely approximating the grain content of 

 the silage consumed by the cattle. 



The addition of corn silage once daily to a ration 

 of shelled corn, cottonseed meal and clover hay, re- 

 duced the cost of gains $1.83 per hundred pounds and 

 increased the total profits $11.19 per steer. 



The substitution of corn silage for clover hay in 

 a ration of shelled corn, cottonseed meal and clover 

 hay reduced the cost of gain $4.35 per hundred pounds 

 and increased the profits $17.97 per steer. 



The more nearly corn silage replaced the clover hay 

 in the ration the cheaper was the gain and the greater 

 the profit. 



Corn silage produced a very rapid finish on the 

 cattle. 



The Missouri Experiment Station has secured from 

 a large number of farmers in that state their experi- 

 ence in the feeding of silage. 



