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TABLE I. Corn and Clover Hay vs. Corn, Clover Hay, and Corn 

 Silage for Fattening Lambs, November 5, 1914 to 

 February 3, 1915 



Table I shows that the grain consumed was the same in both 

 lots but that in Lot 6 receiving corn silage 1.38 pounds of ensilage 

 replaced .69 pound of hay in the daily ration. The average gain 

 per lamb was 27.4 pounds in Lot 3 and 29.4 pounds in Lot 6. The 

 feed required to make a pound of gain was somewhat less' in Lot 6 

 receiving corn silage, than in Lot 3 not receiving corn silage. It 

 required 3.56 pounds of corn and 5.93 pounds of hay to make one 

 pound of gain in Lot 3 and it required 3.31 pounds of grain, 3.43 

 pounds of hay and 4.23 pounds of corn silage to make a pound of 

 gain in Lot 6. At the prices of feed given on page 900 the cost of 

 one hundred pounds of gain was $8.62 in Lot 3 fed corn and clover 

 hay as compared with $7.41 in Lot 6 fed corn, clover hay, and corn 

 silage. The lambs in the silage fed lot were valued at five cents 

 per hundred pounds more than those in Lot 3. The lambs fed 

 shelled corn and clover hay returned a profit of 64 cents per head 

 as compared with $1.04 per head by the lambs fed corn, clover hay, 

 and corn silage. 



