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

 of shelled corn, cottonseed meal and clover hay > slightly reduced 

 the rate of gain but also reduced the cost of gain 94 cents per 

 hundred pounds and slightly increased the selling value of the cat- 

 tle. With an initial weight of 885.3 pounds per steer the cattle fed 

 clover hay alone as roughage weighed at the end of five months 

 1198.5 pounds and would have had to sell for $8.32 per cwt. in the 

 feed lots in order to pay expenses. They actually sold for $8.65 

 per cwt., thus returning a profit of $3.97 per steer, pork not being 

 considered. When pork is considered, the profit was $9.55 per 

 steer. Cattle fed shelled corn, cottonseed meal, clover hay, and corn 

 silage, starting at initial weight of 875.2 pounds per steer, weighed 

 at the end of five months on feed 1177.8 pounds per steer and would 

 have had to sell for $8.05 per cwt. in order to pay expenses. They 

 actually sold for $8.70 and returned a profit of $7.60 per steer not 

 including pork. When pork is considered they returned a profit of 

 $13.61 per steer as compared with $9.55 per steer when silage was 

 not fed. 



The addition of corn silage to a ration of corn, cottonseed meal, 

 and alfalfa hay, very materially increased the rate of gain, reduced 

 the cost of gain $2.30 per cwt. and increased the selling value of 

 the cattle 10 cents per cwt. The cattle fed alfalfa hay alone for 

 roughage weighed 866.8 pounds per steer at the beginning of the 

 trial and 1176.2 pounds at the end of the trial. It would have been 

 necessary for these cattle to sell for $8.30 per cwt. in order to pay 

 expenses. They actually sold for $8.65 and returned a profit of 

 $4.09 per steer when pork is not considered and $10.59 P er steer 

 when this item is credited to the cattle. Cattle fed a similar ration 

 but with corn silage added, weighed 878.3 pounds per steer at the 

 beginning of the trial and 1230.7 pounds at the end of the trial. 

 They could have sold for $7.77 per cwt. and paid expenses. Their 

 actual selling price was $8.75 per hundred pounds. They returned 

 a profit of $12.10 per steer with pork not considered, and $17.61 

 per steer when this by-product is considered. The addition of silage 

 to alfalfa hay increased the profit including pork $7.02 per steer. 



