

silage. The results were favorable to open-shed feeding during those 

 tests. There has been a general impression among feeders that the use 

 of corn silage necessitated greater protection of the qattle against cold ; 

 that, on account of its succulent and laxative nature, the cattle would 

 suffer if not kept in warm quarters. For this reason the ex- 

 periments here reported included a comparison in which a heavy 

 silage ration was fed in open shed to Lot IV as compared with a simi- 

 lar ration to Lot III in the basement of the College barn. 



Fig, 4. Steers fed in open shed, daily gain 2.86 pounds per head. Price 

 returned per bushel of corn fed $1.108. Profit from feeding $176.05. 



The results show that the steers fed in the open shed mack more 

 rapid gains at a saving of $1.02 in cost per hundred pounds. At the 

 close of the experiment they had cost i7-2c. per hundred less and were 

 valued at I5c. per hundred more than those in the barn. The profit 

 per head from open-shed feeding was $14.67, and from feeding in barn 

 $10.69, a difference of $3.98 per head or an increase of n.6c per bushel 

 in the value of corn fed to the cattle out of doors over that fed in the 

 barn. This demonstrates clearly that full feeding of cattle is more 

 profitable from every standpoint if they are given ample protection 

 from wind and rain, without protection from cold even where they are al- 

 lowed a maximum amount of corn silage. 



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The Fertilizer Value of Feeds. 



While the discussion presented in connection with the summary 

 of results has not taken into consideration the manurial value oi feeds, 



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