330 BULLETIN No. 111. [August, 



FEED CONSUMED BY EACH LOT 



Lot i, silage-fed. 

 Feed eaten daily per cow (average for the whole time) 



Silage 16.65 lb. 



Clover hay 3-5 lb. 



Oat straw 9-56 lb. 



Lot 2, shock corn-fed. 

 Feed eaten daily per cow. 



Shock corn 8.70 lb. 



Clover hay 3-5 lb. 



Oat straw 10.83 lb. 



Lot 3, corn stover-fed. 

 Feed eaten daily per cow. 



Corn stover (first 42 days) 21.67 lb. 



Corn stover, shredded, (last 98 days) 10.29 lb. 



Clover hay (average for 140 days) 1.56 lb. 



Oat straw 8.19 lb. 



The average amount of ear corn fed each cow in lots i and 2 

 was 654.14 pounds, or in other words the cows in lot i were fed 

 the same amount of corn per cow as were those in lot 2, the differ- 

 ence being in the method of preparation. The cows in these two 

 lots also received the same average amount of clover hay, namely, 

 3.5 pounds per cow daily. Since lots i and 2 received practically the 

 same amounts of corn and clover hay, they must necessarily have 

 consumed the products from equal acreages of these feeds as it is 

 known that the yield of corn and hay, respectively, was the same in 

 each instance. 



As elsewhere stated, the cows in each lot were permitted to con- 

 sume as much straw as they wished. It soon developed that the 

 different lots of cows consumed unequal amounts of straw. In 

 lot T, silage-fed, the average amount of straw consumed daily was 

 0-5/) pounds; in lot 2, shock corn-fed, 10.83 pounds; and in lot 3, 

 corn stover- fed, 8.19 pounds. 



Tt will be noted that more oat straw was consumed by lot 2 than 

 by lot i. This seems explainable from the fact that there was prac- 

 tically no waste of any part of the corn plant where it was fed in 

 the form of silage, while there was considerable waste of stalk 

 where shock corn was fed. Stated in exact terms, 1290 pounds of 

 the coarse stalks of the stover were left uneaten by lot 2 while there 

 was no waste of silage in lot r. Silage may be fed liberally enough 

 to cause some waste but it was not done in this case. Lot 2 con- 

 sumed 1466 pounds of oat straw more than did lot i. Tims it will 



