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9. The feeding of oat straw instead of clover hay in a ration 

 of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, dry roughage (once daily) and 

 corn silage (once daily) decreased slightly the amount of feed eaten 

 and the gains made; but decreased the cost of gain $1.13 per hun- 

 dred pounds and added $2.77 per steer to the total profits. 



10. Cattle fattened on a ration of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, 

 clover hay (once daily) and corn silage (once daily) finished better 

 and sold for 15 cents per cwt. higher than cattle fed a similar ration 

 with the clover hay replaced by oat straw. 



11. A ration of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, oat straw, and 

 corn silage (twice daily) proved to be as efficient for fattening cat- 

 tle as a ration of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, clover hay and corn 

 silage (twice daily). 



12. The feeding of oat straw instead of clover hay in a ration 

 of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, dry roughage and corn silage (twice 

 daily) effected a saving of 90 cents per hundred pounds gain and in- 

 creased the profit $5.11 per steer. 



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13. Corn silage, oat straw, and two pounds of cottonseed meal 

 daily per head produced a daily gain of 1.87 pounds per steer for 

 sixty days. 



14. Cattle fed roughage sixty days and full fed grain one hun- 

 dred days made slower and cheaper gains than cattle full fed one 

 hundred and sixty days. 



15. Short-fed cattle returned a profit of 38 cents per head less 

 than long-fed cattle when pork is considered ; when considered with- 

 out pork, short-feel cattle made a profit of 83 cents per steer more 

 than long-fed cattle. 



1 6. The results from the long and short-fed cattle of this trial 

 and the rapid rise in the market soon after this trial closed shows 

 that the use of silage and some other roughage can often be profit- 

 ably fed during the early part of the feeding period in order to save 

 grain and put the cattle on a more favorable market. 



