Legume Hay vice Silage in Feeding Steers 23 I
ents TABLE XIV—Continued.
ears. ______ i___ _____ ___
alks ~ L°" 5 Lot 6 I
that Bl-Og§?HEar Broken Ear
Corn . ·
pre- C°tIII’;‘§1€‘*d Cottonseed I
more Corn Silage* Meal
tS_ Alfalfa Hay* Coglirilgfgg A
Straw I I e
 
February 26-March 4 (7 days) I I  
Broken ear corn ...................................... I 16.00 lbs. I 16.00 lbs.  
ing Cottonseed meal ...................................... I 2.23 lbs. I 3.20 lbs. I
Corn silage ..........................r.....................   13.57lbs. I 25.001bs. I
Alfalfa hay .................................................. I 6.71 lbs. I ............  
...-- Straw .......................................,.................. I ............ I ............  
* I I I
Ear March 4»-April 17 (44% days) I I . I
I d Broken ear corn ................._.................... I 22.14 lbs. I 20.92 lbs. ;
F6 Cottonseed meal ...................................... I 1.66 lbs. I 3.20 lbs. _ I
Iage Corn silage .............................. . ..........__....__ I ._._........ I 20.21 lbs. . I
v Alfalfa hay ......................................r......... I 9.471bs. I ............ I I
____ - Straw .......................................................... I .21 lbs. I .57 lbs.  
_ *Se\‘en days were required for the substitution of alfalfa hay for corn  
lb Sllélgé. SEG Dilgé 4. I
s.
IbS· In order that the steers might regain most of the shrink  
ms` and become accustomed to the feed which they were to receive I
_... _ they were given a preliminary feed for eight days. At the be—  
ginning of the experiment each steer was consuming 50 pounds I
lbs. of silage and 1.6 pounds of cottonseed meal daily. ’ By December I
lbs. 7, the amount of silage had been increased to 60 pounds, where it  
. . . I
lbs. remained until corn was added to the ration. No CO1‘H was fed _ I
1bS· for the Hrst fou1· weeks. I 
TABLE xv.  .e 3  
lbs . Amounts of Feed Consumed Per Hundred Pounds of Gain.  
lbS· _ —_ I Lot 5 Let 6 "—  
lbs.    
lbs. Feed per ewt. gain- I    
__; B1‘0ken ear corn ......,..__.______.__.____.___.__,..._ I 693.951bs. I 720.15 lbs.