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GAINS. The gains made by each lot of steers are shown in 

 Table X. 



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

 December i, 1915 to April 29, 1916 (150 days) 



It will be noted in Table X that the cattle receiving clover hay 

 alone as roughage made practically the same gain as cattle receiving 

 alfalfa hay alone as roughage, the difference being less than four 

 pounds per steer during the five months feeding period. Apparently 

 the two forms of hay may be considered equal for producing gains 

 on cattle, based on the results of this trial. When both hay and 

 silage were fed the cattle receiving alfalfa hay made consistently 

 larger gains than those receiving clover hay. There is no apparent 

 reason why this should be the case because the quantity of hay eaten 

 was entirely too small to account for the difference in the gains of 

 the cattle. However, all the cattle were thrifty and seemingly equal 

 in all lots at the beginning of and throughout the progress of the 

 trial. A significant fact in regard to the rate of gains made by the 

 cattle in the three trials comparing clover hay and alfalfa -hay in 

 which corn silage has been fed, is that in every case the lot of cattle 

 more nearly replacing hay by corn silage made more rapid and more 

 economical gains. 



COST OF GAIN. Table XI shows the average amount of feed 

 consumed per pound of gain and the cost per hundred pounds gain. 



