difference in the feeding of Lots I and III was that Lot III received a 

 full feed of silage while Lot I received only one-half that amount. 

 This resulted in a much larger consumption of other roughage by 

 Lot I, though the total cost of feeding of each lot was practically the 

 same. The additional amount of silage consumed by Lot III resulted 

 in a slight increase in the rate of gain, a decrease in the cost of gain 

 and an increase of $8.72 in the total profit. There was a difference of 

 five cents per hundred in the final cost of the two lots of cattle though 

 none in their final value per hundred on account of feeding the heavier 



Fig. 3. Steers fed in barn, daily gain .13 pounds per head. Price returned 

 per bushel of corn 99.2 C . Profit from feeding $12f ' 



silage ration. This test indicates that the chief value of large quantities 

 of corn silage in rations for fattening cattle is in reducing the cost of 

 production and increasing the rate of gain. 



The Value of Shelter for Fattening Cattle Receiving Heavy 

 Rations of Corn Silage. 



A study of the summary (Table IV) shows that Lots III and IV 

 were fed the same amounts of corn, cottonseed meal and corn silage 

 with other roughage approximately the same. The only difference in 

 the method of feeding was that Lot III was kept in a large box stall in 

 the basement of the College barn, where all conditions were apparently 

 most favorable for rapid and economical gains, while Lot IV was kept 

 in an open lot in which was an open shed 12x30 feet, where the feeding 

 was done. The shed was kept well bedded so that the cattle might have 

 a dry place to lie down at all times. These two methods of feeding have 

 been used at the Station during the six preceding winters, but in every 

 instance the two lots of cattle were fed rations which contained no 



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