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stover from corn yielding sixty to seventy bushels of 

 grain an acre was used. It was allowed to stand in 

 the open field in what is commonly known as sixteen- 

 hill-square shocks until required for feeding, and was 

 fed whole. The timothy was harvested when the seed 

 was in the dough state, and the hay was either pre- 

 served in the mow or in large ricks. Undoubtedly 

 the smaller stover of the north or the finer material 

 grown especially for fodder would show a higher pala- 

 tability and feeding value, but it is this coarse stover 

 which is mainly wasted, and the results of these ex- 

 periments are therefore directly applicable to the ordi- 

 nary conditions of the middle west. 



TESTS WITH STOVER AND TIMOTHY 



Comparison of the feeding value of stover and timothy — 

 Yearling steers — No grain — Results computed on the hasis of 

 1000 pounds live weight — Three years' work. 



a — denotes loss in weight. 



From these results it appears that when com 

 stover alone was fed, the animals neither gained nor 

 lost in weight, averaging the three years' work, while 

 those having all the timothy hay they would eat made 

 a slight gain. More dry matter was uniformly con- 



