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trates consisted of 2 parts of oats and 1 part of bran in the first 

 trial, and equal parts of oats and bran in the second. 



Corn silage compared with roots. 



In the first trial sugar beets gave somewhat better results than 

 corn silage, while in the second rutabagas did not quite equal corn 

 silage. (352) 



758. Corn silage v. mangels.— At the Iowa Agricultural College^ 

 Kennedy, Robbins, and Kildee fed 79-lb. lambs for 112 days on corn 

 silage or mangels in combination with alfalfa hay with the results 

 shown in the table : 



Corn silage compared with mangels for fattening lamhs. 



Average ration 



Av. 

 daily 

 gain 



Feed for 100 lbs. gain 



Roots 

 or silage 



Hay 



Cost for 



100 lbs. 



gain 



Lot I 

 Mixed grain, 2.0 lbs. 

 Corn silage, 1.4 lbs. 

 Alfalfa hay, 1. 6 lbs, 

 Lot II 

 Mixed grain, 2. lbs. 

 Mangels, 4. 3 lbs. 

 Alfalfa hay, 1. 6 lbs. 

 Lot III 

 Mixed grain, 1.9 lbs. 

 Alfalfa hay, 1. 7 lbs, 



0.42 



0.44 

 0.37 



463 



450 

 511 



327 



Lbs. 

 367 



357 



464 



Dollars 

 5.90 



6.82 

 6.33 



In this trial the lambs were all heavily fed on grain and made cor- 

 respondingly large gains. The lot fed corn silage made almost as 



Bui. 110. 



