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TABLE III. Showing Average Amount of 

 Pound Gain and Cost per Hundred 



Feed Consumed per 

 Pounds Gain 



It will be noted in Table III that in both lots receiving corn 

 silage the gains were made at a lower expenditure of grain than 

 where the silage was not used. There was also a very marked sav- 

 ing in the hay required to make a pound of gain. With clover hay 

 as roughage there was a saving of 1.5 pounds of corn and 5.6 

 pounds of hay on every pound of gain, which was replaced by 14.2 

 pounds of corn silage in the ration. When silage was added to 

 alfalfa hay as roughage there was a saving of 1.91 pounds of corn 

 and 4.97 pounds of hay by the use of 13.11 pounds of corn silage. 

 When financial statements are considered the addition of corn silage 

 to clover hay effected a saving of 94 cents on each hundred pounds of 

 gain. Corn silage added to alfalfa hay as roughage saved $2.30 on 

 each hundred pounds of gain. 



SUMMARY. In order that the entire operation may be presented 

 in concise form a summary is made of all the factors as they existed 

 during the progress of this trial. No attempt is made to present 

 them in their variable forms but to give them only as they existed 

 in this trial. Prices of feed are given on page 7. No charge is 

 made for straw used for bedding nor for labor of feeding. Neither 

 is any credit given for any manure produced by the cattle, it being 

 considered that this by-product will pay for the labor of feeding 

 and the straw used for bedding. 



There were ten hogs in each lot throughout the progress of the 

 trial. Enough corn was fed these hogs to make them gain satis- 

 factorily. Five hogs in Lots 2 and 4 received a small quantity of 

 shorts and tankage in addition to corn and droppings. Corn fed 

 the hogs is valued at 60.6 cents per bushel, shorts at $25.00 per 

 ton and tankage at $50.00 per ton and their cost is deducted from 

 the value of pork actually produced before pork produced from drop- 

 pings is credited to the receipts from the cattle. 



