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gain. The addition of corn silage to a ration of shelled corn, cotton- 

 seed meal, and alfalfa hay resulted in an increase in the gains made 

 by the cattle. The average daily gain was 2.53 pounds daily per 

 head when no silage was -used and 2.63 pounds when silage was 

 added to the ration. This corroborates the previous trials on the 

 subject and also corroborates previous trials in which clover hay, and 

 clover hay and corn silage were compared. 



COST OF GAIN. The cost of gain is based upon prices of feed 

 as they prevailed throughout the trial. 



TABI.E; III. Showing Average Amount of Feed Consumed per 

 Pound Gain and Cost per Hundred Pounds Gain 



It will be noted in Table III that there was a smaller quantity 

 of corn required to make a pound of gain in Lot 4 than in Lot 2, and 

 in Lot 7 than in Lot 3. This is due to the fact that corn in the silage 

 replaced a part of the corn that would otherwise have to be fed to 

 have the cattle on full feed. There was also a marked decrease in 

 the hay required to make a pound of gain by the use of corn silage, 

 the saving in hay being 2.90 pounds between Lots 2 and 4, and 4.09 

 pounds between Lots 3 and 7. This saving in grain and hay was 

 effected by the use of n pounds of corn silage in Lot 4 and 10.8 

 pounds in Lot 7. This is in contrast to results secured in the winter 

 of 1913-14 in which there was a greater saving of corn and less 

 saving of hay when silage was added to the ration containing clover 

 hay than to one containing alfalfa hay. There was practically no 

 saving in cost of gain by the addition of corn silage to a ration con- 

 taining clover hay. This is due to the unsatisfactory gains made by 

 the cattle in Lot 4. When silage was added to a ration containing 

 alfalfa hay there was a saving of $3.16 on every hundred pounds 

 gain made by the cattle. 



