The Pennsylvania State College 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



BULLETIN No. 118 



SILAGE FOR STEERS 



By W. A. COCHEL 



As the value of hay, corn, and other feeds generally used for 

 fattening beef cattle, has shown a tendency to increase very rapidly, 

 many who consider it necesary to finish steers for market in order 



Figure 1. Steers used in silage experiments, winter of 1911-12. 



to keep up the fertility of the soil are tempted to abandon the 

 making of beef, to sell the grain and roughage produced, and to 

 depend upon restoring the plant food to the soil in the form of 



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