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ity to study the subsequent development of these two lots and the qual- 

 ity of the finished product. Conclusions are withheld, therefore, until 

 the experiment is completed. 



This experiment is but one of a series which is intended to thorough- 

 ly investigate this subject of- silage as a factor in beef production. 



SUMMARY. 



l.The results secured in this experiment were from a yield of ten tons 

 of corn silage to the acre and 32 bushels of shelled com and 1.G8 tons of 

 corn stover per acre. 



2. Of the 50.60 tons of corn put into the silo, but 43.C9 tons were 

 available for feeding, there being a loss of 7.51 tons. Two tons or 

 about four per cent were spoiled silage taken from the top of the silo 

 and 5.51 tons or 10.88 per cent were shrinkage in gross weight. 



3. The gross weight of silagt available for feeding was about three 

 times as great as that of shock i cm. 



4. In the feeding of 5.33 acres of siiage to calves 8.G9 acres of crops 

 other than corn were used. In the rtedir acres of shock corn to 

 calves 5.03 acres of crops ether than coin were used. This difference 

 may or may not be found unavoidable. 



5. It requires a third longer time to feed an acre of corn silage than 

 an acre of shock corn. 



6. The average number of pounds of meat made per acre from a 

 system of silage feeding where oats and hay were used as supplementary 

 feeds was 385.35, where shock com with oats and hay were fed 337.91 

 pounds — a difference of 47.45 pounds per acre in favor of a system of 

 silage feeding. \ 



7. So far as the cost of harvesting and feeding crops for the pro- 

 duction of beefi s concerned, in the ret profits of the enterprise, it should 

 De borne in mind that it will probably require nearly twice as great an ex- 

 penditure of labor and capital in a system of silage feeding as in a sys- 

 tem of shock corn feeding. 



