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results. In the first trial, 4.8? Ibs. of gain was secured for each 

 bushel of corn when combined with timothy, and 6.74 Ibs. of gain 

 was secured for each bushel of corn fed with cowpeas. In the 

 second trial a bushel of corn combined with timothy produced 

 5 Ibs. of gain, whereas the same amount of grain and all of the 

 clover hay the steers would eat made 6.44 Ibs., and when com- 

 bined with cowpeas, produced 6.4? Ibs. 



Averaging both trials, it will be observed that a bushel of 

 corn with timothy produced 4.93 Ibs. of gain in weight, while 

 the same amount of corn with clover or cowpeas produced 6.58 

 Ibs., or a difference of 1.65 Ibs. of beef for each bushel of corn 

 due directly to the difference in the kind of roughness fed. Rat- 

 ing this gain at the low price of 5 cents per pound, this means 

 that the feeder is getting 81-4 cents per bushel more for his 

 corn by combining it with some such hay as clover or cowpeas 

 than when it is combined with good timothy. If one-fifth of all 

 the corn produced in Missouri were fed to cattle, the increased 

 profits from combining it with clover or cowpeas as compared 

 with timothy would amount to $2,500,000.00 each year. 



The profit is not all, however, in the increased gains se- 

 cured by the use of legume hays like clover and cowpeas, for, 

 in addition, to this, the steers get fat quicker, fatten more uni- 

 formly, and show at the end of the feeding period a higher 

 finish and carry more bloom and are altogether smoother. By 

 reason of these facts they will sell for from 10 cents to 25 cents 

 per hundred more on the market, or will add from $1.25 to $2.50 

 to the value of each steer so fed over and above the economy 

 in the gains already referred to. 



It may be further stated that the hog following the steer 

 does better when the steer is fed on a legume hay than when 

 the roughness is material like timothy, prairie hay, corn stover, 

 or straw. 



Thus we have a four-fold profit from the use of one of 

 these legume hays : First, in the form of cheaper gains ; second, 

 in the form of more rapid gains; third, in a higher finish and 

 better selling quality; fourth, in the form of increased hog 

 gains. 



