economy of wintering is slightly in favor of timothy. The 

 timothy steers showed a deficit of $7.15 per head, and the sto- 

 ver steers $7.65, or a difference of 5<Dc per head for the winter. 

 To equalize, then, the timothy would need to, be estimated 

 at about $6.20 instead of $6.00 per ton, assuming that the 

 steers when eating timothy hay alone will gain 54 pounds 

 each during the winter, and that those having whole stover 

 alone will lose 33 pounds each. 



Broadly speaking, therefore, it may be said that one 

 ton of timothy hay is worth as much as three tons of whole 

 corn stover, when each is fed as an exclusive ration. 



As has already been pointed out, cattle of this sort may 

 be wintered on stover of average quality, one year with 

 another, with practically no loss of weight. This, then, 

 would make a slightly better showing for stover than for 

 timothy, although the difference is not large enough to be 

 important. 



III. The Feeding Value of Shredded Stover 

 Without Grain 



In two of the four years covered by these tests, a com- 

 parison between shredded stover and whole corn stover, 

 with yearling cattle in thin condition was made. 



The gain or loss in live weight from the two rations is 

 shown in the following summary: 



GAIN OR LOSS IN LIVE WEIGHT PER STEER ON WHOLE AND ON 

 SHREDDED STOVER. 



First Trial 92 Days. 



Whole Stover, loss 12 Ibs. 



Shredded Stover, loss 1 6 Ibs. 



Second Trial 74 Days. 



Whole Stover, gain 14 Ibs. 



Shredded Stover, loss 8 Ibs. 



Both Trials 166 Days. 



Whole Stover, gain ^ Ibs. 



Shredded Stover, loss 24 Ibs. 



The surprise of the experiment was that the shredded 

 stover was less efficient than the unshredded material, or 

 that apparently, instead of enhancing its feeding value, 

 shredding appeared to depreciate it. 



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