Show when silage runs low steers thrive on hay many a fanner with a silo has been confronted by tile the question of whether to sell his steers too early because ills his supply of silage was dwindling or to try and shift them to a legume tiny liny in tile the or toward tit the last of the tha feeding period thit th it cattle con can bo be started on a full old feed oe of silage corti corn cottonseed meal and straw and satisfactorily finished after a legume hay hav liaa bus replaced the silage and straw and pat part t of the cottonseed meal Is indicated lit in trials conducted at the kentucky experiment st Bt atlon for three years DOO to 1000 pound tennessee steers steer were fed for 2 to days hay being given to one tip lot ot from 30 to CO 60 days at the close of the period for two years tho lots finished on legume jp ame hay were fatter unit mid valued higher by the buyers and tor for two years yeara made the largest gains while for cach of tile the three years tho the tiny hay finished lot made larger dally daily gains after the hily was wag added to the ration radon than did tile steers continuing on silage these larger gains were more inore eapen expensive ive however mostly he be cause of tile the relatively high price charged for the tiny 20 per ton and therefore the all fed cattle returned n larger profit by per lend hend tor for the three years A although tile cottonseed meal was reduced shenji alien a legume hay was added to kepp keel the protein supplied the he two lots equal the liny imy fed steers steer made one finif pound larger dally daily gains gain 4 24 pounds as compared to pound per day for i the all fed lot |