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Show LlVra CT I O I SmS I In I SILAGE TO THE BEEF cj Results Given of Careful Testd j With Com at Missouri Statldna Jl Excellent Finisher. I Crl loucl Tho Missouri experiment statrlty rpcontly published the results oiho . caroful tests of corn sllago as ftl beef cattle1. i 1 jt It was found that a ton of Ln was approximately equal to oiipji ton of clover hay when fed In co--" tlon with shelled corn and Hnsee meal, or with shelled corn nnd clor hnv nr with nlinllod rnrn. UllHCCd I nny, or witn aneueu corn, uuuuuu w meal and clover hay. Estlmatod on tlio basis of net pro per steor, a ton of dry matter In ti form of corn sllago ylolded B0.3 pi cont. greater vuluo than a ton of dl matter In tho form of chock corn. I A ration in which Bllago and clovj hny wero used was much moro proQi bio than a ration In which silage cd stltutcd tho only roughage I Ono of tho most conspicuous fci urcs of tho test was tho notnblo a porlorlty of tho ration In which II seed oil meal waa used and those charge of tho tests concluded that j 1b dcslrablo to focd somo high prom conccntrnto In tho ration, If tho mo extensive uso Is to bo made of coj sllago In fattening cattle." Tho rcBult8 Indlcnto that fattonl cattlo which recolvo corn sllago aB t only roughago do not continuo to well for longer than about ninety da: A superior finish Is obtained on f tenlng cattlo which aro marketed tho spring when silago composes part of tho ration. Tho lot of steers which received ration of shelled corn, Unseed oil ma corn sllago and clover hay mado j ' JKUL JjorjCjBK RMC |