Show When Silage Runs Low Steers Thrive on Hay Many a former farmer with Ith a silo has hits been confronted by the tir question of ot whether to sell his steers stera too early arly because hI his supply of ot silage was dwindling d orto or orto orto to try and shift them to a legume hay In the middle or toward the last of at the feeding period Th Tim it cattle callie can be started on a full tull teed feed of corn eona cottonseed meal mealand mealand mealand and straw Dud and satisfactorily finished after oller a n legume ume hay has hus replaced the silage and v str and part of the cot cottonseed cottonseed d meil mell Is Indicated In trIals led conduit nt lit the Kentucky I station For three years MO to 1000 1 pound steers wore were tre fed ted for tor torIl Il to 1 days hay being glen given h en to toone toone one lot from 30 to CO days at the close ot of the period For two years the lots finished on legume hay liny were wre faULT fatter mind end higher by the buyers and for or two years made mude the largest Kilns g while I for each cach of the three years rears the hay I lot made larl larger r dally gains aCl after r the hay liny was added to the ra ma maion ion than did the steers continuing on silage These larger gains were more expensive expense e however howe er I le lecause e cause cauce of the relatively high price pric charged d for the hay 20 0 O per ton and amid therefore the nil all silage fed Ced cattle cottle re- re returned returned re returned turned a larger profit by 1 per head for or the three y years ors Although the cottonseed meal meni wa was reduced rE when hen a 0 legume hay hav was addel to keep kepp the protein supplied the two lots equal the hay fed ed steers made one halt half pound larger dally daily gains pounds as ns red compared to 05 pounds pound per day for Cor time the all nil silage fed fe l lot tot |