TABLE: XL Showing Average Amount of Feed Consumed per 

 Pound Gain and Cost per Hundred Pounds Gain 



It will be noted that Lot 2. fed clover hay as roughage made 

 its gains on slightly less corn than Lot 3 fed alfalfa hay. It required 

 a larger quantity of hay, however, when clover instead of alfalfa 

 was used. The cost of gain was practically the same in these two 

 lots, it being $12.33 P er cwt - with clover hay and $12.23 per cwt. 

 with alfalfa hay. The dry matter required to make a pound of 

 gain was very nearly the same 'with a slight difference in favor of 

 the alfalfa hay. In Lot 4 fed clover hay and corn silage as roughage, 

 gains were made at a greater expenditure of all kinds of feed than 

 when alfalfa hay and corn silage were used. The cost of gain was 

 $1.40 per hundred pounds greater when clover hay was used than 

 when alfalfa hay was fed. 



SUMMARY. Table XII shows a summary of the feeding opera- 

 tion as relating to the four lots comparing clover and alfalfa hay. 

 Prices of feeds are shown on page 7. It will be noted in com- 

 paring Lots 2 and 3 that there was practically no difference in any 

 of the principal factors influencing the profit or loss in the feeding 

 operation. The rate of gain was practically the same. The cost of 

 gain was also approximately equal in both lots. The selling value of 

 the cattle was the same. There was a difference of only 12 cents 

 per steer in the profit not including pork. Owing to the fact that the 

 hogs following the cattle receiving alfalfa hay made slightly larger 

 gains than those receiving clover hay, the profit per steer including 

 pork, was slightly larger with the alfalfa hay than with the clover. 

 For all practical purposes, however, the results obtained in this trial 

 show clover hay and alfalfa to be worth the same when furnishing 

 the only roughage for fattening cattle. 



