to grow a sufficient amount of roughage to carry cattle through 

 winter at a minimum of expense. The demand for hay has in- 

 creased so rapidly during the past few years that many farmers 

 would sell it rather than feed it to cattle, were it not for the fact 

 that they realize the necessity of keeping roughage on the farm in 

 order to maintain the fertility of the soil. 



This experiment was undertaken to find some feed that would 

 produce a larger amount of food nutrients per acre than hay, 



nil 



Figure 5. Low-set Blocky Aberdeen Angus cows suitable for the produc- 

 tion of market topping steers. 



equally as well adapted to the feeding of breeding cattle, supple- 

 mented with a minimum amount of concentrated feeds which would 

 furnish the digestible nutrients not provided by the farm-grown 

 crop. Corn silage was selected as most nearly meeting these con- 

 ditions. It is adaptable to a wider range of soil conditions than 

 any other crop except grass, it produces a large amount of food 

 nutrients per acre, is palatable, succulent, easily grown, 

 harvested with comparative ease and can be stored at less expense 

 for buildings than any other forage crop. In addition to these advan- 

 tages, there is no other form in which the corn crop will be entirely 

 consumed by livestock, thus it increases in value by being placed 

 in the silo. Cottonseed meal was used as a supplement because 



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