338 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA. BULLETIN, NO. 115 



TABLE V. SHELLED CORN AND CLOVER HAY vs. SHELLED CORN, 

 CLOVER HAY AND CORN SILAGE. 



Feed per 100 Ibs. gain 



Average initial weight 



Average final weight 



Average total gains 



Average daily gains 



[ Grain. . 



Average daily rations Hay.. . . 

 ' Silage. . 

 Grain. . 

 Hay.... 

 Silage. . 



Cost of 100 Ibs. gain, with corn at 

 40c per bushel, hay at $10 per 

 ton, silage at $3 . 50 per ton. . . . 

 Average shrink per head from Co- 

 lumbia to National Stock Yards 

 Average weight per head at Na- 

 tional Stock Yards 



Selling price per 100 Ibs 



Average cost per head, Columbia, 



at $4.25 per 100 Ibs 



Average cost of feed per head. . . . 

 Average selling price per head, 



Columbia 



Average profit per head 



Dressing per cent 



Grade of carcasses. . 



Lot II 



Shelled corn 

 and clover 



hay. 



78.15 Ibs. 



101,25 Ibs. 



23.10 Ibs. 



.235 Ibs. 



1.23 Ibs. 



1.72 Ibs. 



524.89 Ibs. 

 730.73 Ibs. 



$7.402 

 5.75 Ibs. 



95.5 Ibs. 

 $6.35 



$3.321 

 $1.730 



$5.681 



$ .630 



52.2% 



Good 



Lot V 



Shelled corn, 



clover hay and 



corn silage. 



78.35 Ibs. 



105.00 Ibs. 



26.65 Ibs. 



.271 Ibs. 



1.23 Ibs. 



1.33 Ibs. 



.80 Ibs. 



455.72 Ibs. 



489.11 Ibs. 



278.61 Ibs. 



$6.187 

 6.5 Ibs. 



98.5 Ibs. 

 $6.35 



$3.329 

 $1.644 



$5.871 



$ .902 



49.7% 



Good 



The corn silage used in this trial was grown on land that aver- 

 aged forty-five to fifty bushels of corn to the acre. Lot II consumed 

 on the average .39 pounds more hay per head per day than did the 

 lot receiving clover hay and corn silage. The .80 pounds of corn 

 silage eaten by Lot V was equivalent to the .39 pounds of addi- 

 tional hay which Lot II consumed as compared with Lot V. That 

 is, it required approximately two pounds of corn silage to replace 

 one pound of clover hay. 



The corn silage lot made a greater gain than did the clover hay 

 lot. The two lots sold for the same price per hundred pounds live 

 weight. The shrink in shipping was slightly more with the lot re- 

 ceiving corn silage. Under the heading of "Feed per hundred 



