Here again the season of the year covered by the ex- 

 periment was essentially that in which, under ordinary farm 

 conditions, cattle are a direct expense to the farmer, by 

 reason of having to be fed. While the length of the period 

 was only 80 days, extending from January 29 to April 19, 

 yet the results agree in detail with those of longer experi- 

 ments in previous and subsequent years. 



In all of our trials the low efficiency of timothy as a feed 

 in comparison with its cost has been very striking, and this 

 experiment is no exception. Note that the gain from six 

 pounds of shelled corn and clover hay is just double in amount 

 that obtained from exactly the same quantity of corn and all 

 of the good timothy hay they would eat. In one case the 

 average gain was two pounds per day; in the other it was one 

 pound per day. 



As was the case in former trials, clover and stover com- 

 bined showed a high efficiency, not so high as clover alone, 

 but in excess of timothy, and in consideration of the fact 

 that this stover must be utilized in some way, and of the 

 further fact that in ordinary farm practice it is difficult, in 

 fact almost impossible, to secure enough clover hay to winter 

 all the stock to be kept on the farm as an exclusive rough- 

 age, this combination has proven to be exceptionally ad- 

 vantageous. 



In order to use the stover to the best advantage, it is 

 necessary to combine it with a limited quantity of clover, 

 cowpeas, or some such leguminous hay. 



The poor showing made by millet and by sorghum was 

 a surprise. Owing to their low content of protein, it was 

 expected that they would fall below clover and cowpeahay, 

 but that they should fall so far below timothy, we were not 

 prepared to believe. This remark applies especially to sor- 

 ghum. 



Fourth Trial 1901-02 



The general experiment was again repeated in the 

 winter of 1901-02, with grade native yearling Hereford 

 steers of good quality and in moderate flesh. They were 

 all fed alike, on Stover, Alfalfa Hay and a limited amount 



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