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This would seem to indicate that silage is a more completely digest- 

 ible food than mixed hay, since there was little difference in the 

 amount of dry matter and other food nutrients consumed daily by 

 the two lots. 



Table V. Average Weight and Gain of Steers. 



Table V shows the individual weights of the steers in both lots 

 at the beginning and close of the feeding trial, the total gains made 

 and the average daily gain made by the individual steers. It will 

 be noted that at the beginning of the feeding trial, there were nine 

 head in Lot I weighing over 900 pounds and eight in Lot II, but 

 that those weighing between eight and nine hundred pounds in Lot 

 II averaged more than those in Lot I. The total weight made the 



