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age thi-oug;hout the experiment 8.58 pounds of meal 

 daily; in lot 2, 10.48 pounds; and those in lot 3, 11.94 

 pounds. The ensilage consumed was about 21 pounds 

 daily, and the mixed hay about 6.5 pounds. The aver- 

 age daily gains were, for the steers in lot i, 1.65 pounds; 

 lot 2, 1.72 pounds; and lot 3, 1.43 pounds; one animal 

 in lot 3, was a poor feeder. Attention is called to the 

 fact, however, of the large gains in proportion to the 

 small allowance of concentrates composed of meal made 

 from corn, oats, barley, and bran mixed. The experi- 

 ment would seem to indicate that cattle can be fattened 

 on quantities of grain considerably less than those usually 

 fed. Other experiments may be cited which point in 

 the same direction. 



Corn ensilage will be made and fed to cattle to a 

 much greater extent in the future than in the past. That 

 such a result will follow is extremely probable for the 

 reasons now submitted: (i) It insures the utilization 

 of the corn plant virtually without waste. (2) It stores 

 the same in a structure of relativel}^ cheap construction. 

 (3) It prepares it in that form in which it ma}^ be most 

 conveniently fed. (4) The silage furnishes an excellent 

 medium on which to feed the meal, the mixing being 

 done by the cattle while the food is being eaten. (5) 

 The succulence in it, to some extent, favors digestion. 

 (6) There are no stalks in the manure to add to the 

 labor of handling it. In passing it ma}' be mentioned 

 that the concrete silo, with reinforced wall and truly 

 built, will be the enduring silo of the future. As states 

 grow older the tendency is to increase in the values in 

 foodstuffs. The average price of corn, for instance, is 

 fully twice what it was ten years ago, and there are no 

 reasons for believing that maximum prices have been 

 yet reached. The same is true of other foodstuffs, 

 though probabl}' in a less degree. This means that 

 the higher foodstuffs become, the greater will be felt 

 the necessity for economizing in feeding them. This 



