WINTER STEER FEEDING 



1911-12 



J. H. SKINNER F. G. KING 



SUMMARY 



PART I 



1. The profit from feeding in this experiment was large be- 

 cause of unusual market conditions for fat cattle. 



2. The addition of corn silage to a ration for fattening cattle 

 decreased the consumption of shelled corn in amounts closely ap- 

 proximating the grain content of the silage consumed by the cattle. 



3. The addition of corn silage once daily to a ration of shelled 

 corn, cottonseed meal, and clover hay, reduced the cost of gains $1.83 

 per hundred pounds and increased the total profit $8.85 per steer. 



4. The addition of corn silage twice daily to a ration of shelled 

 corn, cottonseed meal, and clover hay, reduced the cost of gain $3.17 

 per hundred pounds and increased the total profits $11.19 P er steer. 



5. 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 P er steer. 



6. The more nearly corn silage replaced the clover hay in the 

 ration the cheaper was the gain and the greater the profit. 



7. Corn silage produced a very rapid finish on the cattle. 



8. The silage used in this trial contained an unusually high 

 per cent, of dry matter and was, judging from previous experience, 

 more efficient for fattening cattle than silage containing a higher per 

 cent, of moisture. 



