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in cold weather, it requires quite a share of the full feeding 
value of the ensilage to evaporate the extra water it con¬ 
tains. 
The steers in pen No. 4, on ensilage, gained but little 
more than half as much as those in pen No. 3, on fodder 
corn, which shows still more unfavorably for the ensilage. 
Pen No. 3, weighed in Denver 43 pounds per head more 
than it weighed December 27, while pen No. 4 weighed only 
22 pounds more, or just one-half the net gain. Some of the 
other pens weighed over a hundred pounds more. 
If sold at Fort Collins with a four per cent, shrink, the 
gain in weight of pen No. 3, would have been 136 pounds 
per head, while that of , pen No. 4, would have been 124 
pounds per head. But both of these pens shrunk heavily in 
shipping, much more so than any other pens. If sold on 
the farm, not much difference would have been shown in the 
two pens; but what difference there was would have been 
in favor of fodder corn over ensilage. 
Alfalfa and Corn Fodder .—The steers in pen No. 1 ate 
5,089 pounds of alfalfa, 1,018 pounds fodder corn, and 198 
pounds of grain, while those in pen No. 3 ate 2,948 pounds 
of alfalfa, 3,861 pounds of fodder corn, and no grain. Sub¬ 
tracting, leaves 2,141 pounds of hay plus 198 pounds of 
grain, which is equal to 2,843 pounds of fodder corn. I his 
makes 100 pounds of hay equal in feeding value to about 112 
pounds of corn fodder. Figured from hay to ensilage 
through fodder corn, gives ico pounds of hay, equal to 269 
pounds of ensilage. Alfalfa gave 150 pounds gain, and fod¬ 
der corn 357, taking the weights on the farm. In Denver, 
the hay gives 153, while fodder corn only 129, making the 
two about equivalent, pound for pound, for feed. If the 
comparison is made on any basis of Denver weights, the 
ensilage made the least gain, fodder corn next, alfalfa next, 
and all nearly alike. If on any basis of farm weights, fod¬ 
der corn is best, ensilage next, and alfalfa last, with not 
much difference. The steers that were fed alfalfa and fod¬ 
der corn sold for the same price per pound each being ten 
cents per hundred pounds more than the ensilage pen. 
Alfalfa and Gram .—Taking the difference between the 
food eaten by pens Nos. 1 and 6, leaves 1,3(8 pounds of 
alfalfa on the one side, and 238 pounds of fodder corn, plus 
1,826 pounds of grain on the other. Or, the addition of a 
pound of grain in the ration scarcely takes off a pound from 
the hay eaten. This means that animals fed grain will take 
more total food than those fed alfalfa alone. The grain-fed 
steers gained nearly double as much as the hay fed. 
