B.ULLETIN 145 



Lot II Corn silage as the sole roughage entire feeding period 



Cottonseed meal only in addition to the roughage during first 

 56 days, at rate of 2% pounds per 1000 pounds live weight 

 daily 



Ear corn or shelled corn in addition to the silage and cottonseed 

 meal, the last 84 days of the experiment. Ear corn was 

 allowed at rate of 15 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight 

 daily, and shelled corn at rate of 12 pounds per 1000 pounds 

 live weight daily, during time it replaced ear corn 



Lot III Corn silage and alfalfa hay as sole roughage and feed during 



first 56 days alfalfa hay as a source of protein as well as 

 comprising a portion of the roughage 



Alfalfa hay at rate of 5 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight 

 daily, corn silage to limit of appetite 



After corn was added it was given at same rate as to Lot II 

 No cottonseed meal, as alfalfa hay was to supply required protein 



Lot IV Corn silage restricted to 20 pounds per head daily 



Mixed hay to limit of appetite 

 Cottonseed meal at rate of 2*& pounds per 1000 pounds live 



weight daily 

 Roughage and cottonseed meal only during first 56 days of 



feeding period 

 Ear or shelled corn, last 84 days, in addition to roughage and 



cottonseed meal, as for Lots II and III 



Lot V (a) Corn silage and alfalfa hay as roughage. Alfalfa daily at rate 



of 5 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight 



Corn silage, all they would consume, in addition to the above 

 This roughage, combined with 2~y 2 pounds cottonseed meal per 



1000 pounds live weight daily, during 56-day feeding period 

 Ear corn at rate of 15 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight daily 



for two months. Grain ration for balance of feeding period 



reduced to 12 pounds shelled corn 



(b) Corn silage and mixed hay as roughage throughout entire feed- 

 ing period. Corn silage at rate of 20 pounds per head daily 

 and mixed hay ad libitum 



Cottonseed meal at rate of 2*/ 2 pounds per 1000 pounds live 

 weight daily entire feeding period 



Ear corn added at the end of 28 days at rate of 15 pounds per 

 1000 pounds live weight daily, as soon as cattle became accus- 

 tomed to the grain. Changed to shelled corn at rate of 12 

 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight daily, at end of 56-day 

 feeding period 



Lot VI (c) Corn silage as the sole roughage during entire feeding period - 

 Cottonseed meal in addition at rate of 2^ pounds per 1000 

 pounds live weight daily, being increased the last eight 

 weeks of feeding period to 3% pounds per 1000 pounds live 

 weight daily 



Corn was not fed to this lot at any time during the whole feed- 

 ing period 



