8;8 



It will be noted that in Lots 2 and 3 in which hay was the only 

 roughage fed there was no difference at any time during the feeding 

 period in the quantity of corn consumed by the cattle in the two lots. 

 There was a difference in the hay consumption, however. During 

 the first two months of the feeding period larger quantities of alfalfa 

 hay than of clover hay were eaten. During the last three months of 

 the period, larger quantities of clover hay than of alfalfa hay 

 were eaten. The average of the entire feeding period showed 

 very little difference in the feed consumption between Lots 2 and 3, 

 there being no difference in the corn consumption and very little in 

 the hay consumption. This indicates that as far as this trial is con- 

 cerned there was practically no difference in the palatability of the 

 two kinds of hay as indicated by the appetites of the cattle. 



In Lots 4 and 7 in which corn silage was fed in connection with 

 the hay there was no difference in the corn consumption during any 

 month in the feeding period. There was a difference in the roughage 

 consumption, however. During every month in the feeding trial 

 larger quantities of clover hay were eaten than of alfalfa hay. The 

 lot of cattle receiving alfalfa hay ate during every month in the 

 feeding trial more corn silage than the cattle receiving clover hay in 

 addition to the silage. The average of the entire feeding period 

 shows that the cattle in Lot 4 consumed 4.78 pounds of clover hay 

 and 24.94 pounds of corn silage daily per head while the cattle in Lot 

 7 consumed 2.96 pounds of alfalfa hay and 28.36 pounds of corn 

 silage daily per head. These results are not entirely in accord with 

 those secured in the winter of 1913-14 in which the cattle receiving 

 clover hay ate smaller quantities of hay and larger quantities of corn 

 silage than those receiving alfalfa hay and corn silage. There is no 

 explanation for this difference except the individuality of the cattle. 



GAINS. Average daily gain per steer and total gain per steer 

 is shown in Table X. 



TABLE: X. Showing Average Daily Gain per Steer by Months, 

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



