867 



Table I shows that the addition of corn silage to the ration re- 

 sulted in a very marked decrease in the quantity of grain and hay 

 consumed by the cattle. The saving in grain was not as marked 

 during the early part of the feeding period as during the latter part. 

 The saving in roughage, however, was more marked during the first 

 part of the feeding period than during the latter part. There was an 

 average corn consumption of 17.66 pounds daily per head when no 

 silage was fed as compared with 13.57 pounds when silage comprised 

 a part of the ration. When silage was added to a ration of corn, cot- 

 tonseed meal, and clover hay there was a decrease in the corn con- 

 sumption of 4.09 pounds daily per head and 8.60 pounds of hay daily 

 per head. The lot receiving corn silage ate on an average 24.94 

 pounds of this roughage daily. When corn silage is added to a ration 

 of corn, cottonseed meal, and alfalfa hay there was a saving of 4.09 

 pounds of corn and 10.23 pounds of hay daily per head by the use of 

 28.36 pounds of corn silage. 



GAINS. Gains made by the four lots of cattle are shown in 

 Table II. 



TABUS II. Showing Average Daily Gain per Steer by Months, 

 December 16, 1914 to May 15, 1915 (150 days) 



Table II shows that the addition of corn silage to a ration of 

 corn, cottonseed meal, and clover hay resulted in a decrease in the 

 gains made by the cattle. There was no apparent reason why this 

 should be true because there were no exceptionally poor gaining 

 steers in Lot 4 that reduced the average of the entire lot. Neither 

 were any of the steers hard to keep on feed, although the entire lot 

 at times were not as eager for their feed as is desirable. The cattle 

 in Lot 2 not receiving silage made an average daily gain of 2.67 

 pounds as compared with 2.27 pounds in Lot 4 receiving silage. This 

 is contrary to the average of four previous trials on this subject, in 

 which the corn silage added to the ration has increased the rate of 



