WINTER STEER FEEDING 



1914-15 

 J. H. SKINNER F. G. KING 



SUMMARY 



PART I 



1. The addition of 24.94 pounds of corn silage to a ration of 

 shelled corn, cottonseed meal, and clover hay decreased the average 

 grain consumption 4.09 pounds daily per head and the hay consump- 

 tion 8.60 pounds daily per steer. 



2. The addition of 28.36 pounds of corn silage to a ration of 

 shelled corn, cottonseed meal, and alfalfa hay decreased the average 

 grain consumption 4.09 pounds daily per head and the hay consump- 

 tion 10.23 pounds daily per steer. 



3. The addition of corn silage to a ration consisting of shelled 

 corn, cottonseed meal, and clover hay decreased the rate of gain 

 while in a ration containing alfalfa hay the gains of the cattle were 

 increased by the addition of corn silage. 



4. Corn silage in the ration decreased the cost of gain four cents 

 per hundred pounds when cjover hay was fed and $3.16 per hundred 

 pounds when alfalfa hay was fed. 



5. The addition of corn silage to the ration had on the average 

 no effect on the finish of the cattle. 



6. The addition of corn silage to the ration decreased the loss 

 per steer $2.80 when clover hay was fed and $12.00 when alfalfa hay 

 was fed. 



PART II 



/. Cattle fed ground soybeans as a supplement to corn, straw 

 and corn silage for full-fed cattle maintained eager appetites for a 

 period of one hundred fifty days. 



8. Cattle fed ground soybeans as supplement made more rapid 

 gains than those fed cottonseed meal. 



9. Cattle fed ground soybeans made greater gains on a given 

 amount of feed than cattle fed cottonseed meal as supplement. 



10. Cattle fed ground soybeans were valued higher at the end 

 of the trial than those fed cottonseed meal. 



11. The profit per steer was larger when ground soybeans were 

 fed than when cottonseed meal was fed. 



