Show 1 ha I 1 H ham silage as winter ration investigations at the tha missouri BlIsso url experiment station show conclusively that cattle can bo be wintered economically on oil a ration mado made up largely of 0 dellage according to P B D mumford dean t of tho the college of agriculture university ot of in one experiment a ration ot of corn silage and clover hay without grain fed to yearling cattle for or days resulted in a gain ot of pounds tor for the feeding ceding period of days at a total cost of 1160 or a cost ot of CG 65 cents a pound of 0 gain as compared with a total cost ot of 1575 and 78 79 cents a pound when a similar lot of cattle battlo was fod fed on six pounds ot shelled elio llod corn per head bead per day and clover hay bay these results have been confirmed in other experiments which all point to tho the conclusion that when silage constitutes tho the major portion ot of the ration fed to wintering stock cattle the cost of wintering Is much reduced |