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

 clover hay did not have the marked beneficial results that it has 

 shown in previous trials. The rate of gain was not as rapid, the 

 cost of gain was only slightly reduced and the selling price of the 

 cattle was ten cents less than where no silage was fed. Owing to 

 the fact, however, that there was very little difference in the selling 

 value of the cattle and that the smaller amount of gain in Lot 4 had 

 produced practically the same finish on the cattle as the larger 

 amount of gain in Lot 2, the necessary selling price was considerably 

 less in Lot 4 than in Lot 2. There was a loss without pork of $15.30 

 per steer when silage was fed as compared with $17.02 per steer 

 when silage was not fed. When the pork produced from the drop- 

 pings is considered there was a loss of $7.46 per head when silage 

 was fed as compared with $10.26 per head when no silage was fed, 

 thus showing that even with somewhat unsatisfactory gains by the 

 cattle fed silage there was more satisfactory financial returns than 

 where the cattle were fed no silage. 



The addition of corn silage to a ration containing alfalfa hay 

 had a beneficial effect in that it increased the rate of gain, decreased 

 the cost of gain Very materially, and added slightly to the selling 

 value of the cattle. There was a loss not including pork of $21.28 

 per steer when no silage was fed as compared with a loss of $8.19 

 per head when silage comprised a part of the ration. When pork 

 is considered as part of the returns from the cattle there was a loss 

 of $13.07 per steer when no silage was fed as compared with $1.07 

 when silage was used. 



