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PRICES OF FEEDS 



The prices of feeds are based on the prices at the time the 

 experiments were conducted. In the trial beginning October 19, 1910, 

 corn is valued at 40 cents per bushel, cottonseed meal at $30.00 per 

 ton, clover hay at $10.00 per ton, timothy hay at $12.00 per ton and 

 corn silage at $3.00 per ton. This valuation for silage allows 75 

 cents per ton for harvesting, 25 cents per ton for the stover con- 

 tained in a ton of silage and 40 cents per bushel for the corn. In 

 the trial beginning September 21, 1911, clover hay is valued at 

 $15.00 per ton; timothy hay at $18.00 per ton; and corn silage at 

 $4.00 per ton. In the trial beginning December n, 1911, clover hay 

 is valued at $18.00 per ton, timothy hay $20.00 per ton, and corn 

 silage $4.00 per ton. In the trial beginning September 21, 1911, 

 corn is valued at 63 cents per bushel. In the trial beginning Decem- 

 ber n, 1911, corn is valued at 56 cents per bushel. The above 

 prices are used in all financial statements. All financial statements 

 are based on the principle that the value of the manure offsets the 

 cost of feeding. 



For purposes of correlating all trials, feeds are valued, except 

 in the item of actual costs, at uniform prices. Clover hay is valued 

 at $10.00 per ton, timothy hay $12.00 per ton, and corn silage $3.50 

 per ton, oats at 40 cents per bushel and cottonseed meal at $30.00 

 per ton. Corn is valued at 40 cents, 50 cents, and 60 cents per 

 bushel. These values are used for purposes of uniformity in com- 

 parisons of different trial's and not for figuring financial results. 



PART I 

 TIMOTHY HAY vs. CLOVER HAY FOR FATTENING LAMBS 



In many parts of Indiana the ease with which a stand of tim- 

 othy is secured and with which the hay is cured has led to a large 

 use of this roughage for stock feeding. In many sections timothy 

 was formerly a standard roughage for all classes of animals. The 

 practice of feeding timothy hay to meat producing animals is, how- 

 ever, gradually becoming less common on account of the superior 

 feeding qualities and lower price of other forms of roughage. Th< 

 superiority of leguminous roughages like clover hay, alfalfa hay, 

 cowpea hay, etc., over timothy hay and other roughages of the same 

 nature has been conclusively shown in numerous trials with fatten- 

 ing cattle. Very little data is available, however, for information 

 on their comparative value for fattening lambs or sheep. This trial 

 was planned to obtain some of these essential data. Lots of lambs 

 as nearly equal in every respect at the beginning of the trials were 

 fed on rations of shelled corn and timothy hay, and of shelled coi 

 and clover hay. The results of the trials are shown in Table I. 



