865 



PARTI 



CORN SILAGE AND LEGUMINOUS HAY vs. LEGUMINOUS 

 HAY FOR FATTENING STEERS 



Part I of this bulletin is a report and discussion of the results 

 of a trial to secure more complete information as- to the feeding 

 value of corn silage as compared with leguminous hay as roughage 

 for fattening cattle. This is an exact duplication of the test 1 con- 

 ducted at this station in the winter of 1913-14. It is also one of a 

 series 2 of experiments that has been in progress at this station for 

 several years in which clover hay has been compared with corn 

 silage. The trial herein reported gives information as to the effect 

 of the addition of corn silage to rations of corn, cottonseed meal, 

 and clover hay; and corn, cottonseed meal and alfalfa hay. The 

 rations fed were as follows : 



Lot 2. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal 2.5 pounds daily per 1000 

 pounds live weight, clover hay. 



Lot 3. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal 2.5 pounds daily per 1000 

 pounds live weight, alfalfa hay. 



Lot 4. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal 2.5 pounds daily per 1000 

 pounds live weight, clover hay, and corn silage. 



Lot 7. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal 2.5 pounds daily per 1000 

 pounds live weight, alfalfa hay, and corn silage. 



The only difference in the ration between Lots 2 and 4 and 

 Lots 3 and 7 was the addition of corn silage. Previous trials have 

 shown that best results can be secured with corn silage when sup- 

 plemented by a concentrate high in protein; therefore, cottonseed 

 meal in the proportion of 2.5 pounds daily per thousand pounds live 

 weight was fed to the four lots of cattle reported in Part I. The 

 description of the cattle and the method of starting them on feed is 

 reported on page 864. 



DAILY RATION. Table I shows the average amount, of feed 

 consumed daily per steer by thirty-day periods. 



1 Bulletin No. 178 



2 Bulletins Nos. 129, 136, 153, 163, 167, 178 



