II. FATTENING BEEF CALVES ON COTTONSEED MEAL, 
COTTONSEED HULLS, CORN CHOP, AND CORN SILAGE. 
PLAN OF WORK. 
This test was conducted during the winter of 1912-13. The feed- 
ing began November 29, 1912, and closed, as far as the corn silage 
was concerned, March 3, 1913. The supply of corn silage was ex- 
hausted on March 3, but the calves were not ready for sale, so all 
were placed in one lot (they had formerly been divided into three 
lots for the sake of certain feed comparisons) and continued on a 
ration of cottonseed meal, corn chop, cottonseed hulls, and mixed 
alfalfa hay until April 29, 1913, when they were sold. 
As these calves were of the same breeding, had been raised in the 
same way and from the same cows, and were fed in the same lots 
as those fully reported upon in Part I of this bulletin, it is not neces- 
sary to enter into a discussion of the objects of the work, of the kind 
of calves used, of the general plan of the work, of the method of 
feeding and handling, and of the shelter and lots. 
THE RATIONS EMPLOYED. 
Practically the only material way in which this test varied from 
the previous one was in the feeds used. In this test corn silage was 
introduced into the rations of two of the lots and was fed from 
November 29, 1912, to March 3, 1913, when the supply was exhausted. 
Each lot of 16 calves was fed the following feeds : 
Lot 1. Cottonseed meal ; cottonseed hulls. 
Lot 2. Cottonseed meal, two-thirds ; corn chop, one-third ; cottonseed hulls ; 
corn silage. 
Lot 3. Cottonseed meal ; cottonseed hulls ; corn silage. 
On March 3, 1913, they were all thrown together as one lot and 
continued to April 29, 1913, on the following: 
Lot 4. Cottonseed meal ; corn chop ; cottonseed hulls ; mixed hay. 
Corn silage was the only new feed introduced. In the financial 
statements it is valued at $3 a ton, and the other feeds are valued 
as on page 7. 
The cottonseed meal this year was fresh and bright, analyzing 
from 7.5 to 7.7 per cent ammonia. The cottonseed hulls were only 
fair in quality. The corn chop (made by grinding shelled corn) 
was of excellent quality. The corn from which the chop was made 
was grown upon the farm and was fresh and hard. The corn silage, 
however, was poor in quality owing to the fact that the fodder had 
become too dry before it was made into silage. 
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