begin with. That is, the average of all of our trials shows a 

 loss of 33 pounds per steer, on the basis of a six months' 

 wintering period, or from November I to April 30. 



In these experiments, we offered an average of 33^ 

 pounds of stover daily per steer, computed on the basis of 

 750 pounds live weight. This would require three tons of 

 stover per steer for a six months' wintering period. 



3. Shredded Corn Stover Without Grain. The 

 results with shredded stover were slightly less favorable 

 than with whole stover, although the difference was so small 

 as to be easily within the limit of error. Clearly, so far as 

 our experiments show, there was no enhancement of the 

 feeding value of the stover by the shredding process. 



Almost as much shredded stover was refused, or left 

 uneaten, as of the whole stover. Shredding, therefore, 

 would seem to be justified upon the ground of greater con- 

 venience in handling and the protection of the fields against 

 injury by hauling stover out in muddy weather, etc., rather 

 than upon that of the enhancement of its value as a feed. 



4. Siloed Stover Without Grain. Siloed stover 

 without grain produced very much better results than did 

 field-cured stover, either fed whole or shredded, but the 

 results are too meager to warrant a definite conclusion. 



5. Combination of Clover and Stover Without 

 Grain. In every trial, equal parts of clover hay and corn 

 stover proved to be more efficient than did timothy. By 

 combining stover, with clover, therefore it is possible to 

 bring its feeding value up to that of timothy hay, or, on the 

 assumption that stover has little feeding value, the conclu- 

 sion is justified that clover has practically double the feed- 

 ing value of timothy. 



A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 



ROUGHNESSES WHEN COMBINED WITH 



A LIMITED AMOUNT OF GRAIN 



1. Shelled Corn and Timothy Hay. This is the 

 standard ration with which all others are compared, and is 



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