Show IRA sahac I 1 I 1 aa SILAGE FED FOR PRODUCING BEEF profits from two methods found to vary in III a test tem recen rec dill it completed lit ill tit thu ohio experiment station fetn stati tion till au acre of corn coin lit in the form of silenge produced pounds of gain on yearling steers 1 A similar acre lorl fed its is shelled s corn produced due ed only 37 pounds of gain in thee the form of bf beer beef the silage fell fed steers were given tic nf grain on oil A ration ot of pounds of silage dally two pounds of cottonseed and it a r mall amount of mixed hay they gained nn lilt average liver ng e ot of two pounds a day for days the lot fed shelled corn calloni colloni eed meat meal stover and mixed hay gained somewhat more but the increased late of gain wits not ilot important to equalize the low ov cost of gain gaill on oil tile the silage fed steers steels the silage cattle made a profit ot 0 ss per head including pork rains gains and all tit the grain galu g alu fed cattle 3 IG per fiend hen a an all ticie of corn fed in the form or of returned at a kum of till nn acre acie in tile form of shelled corn the return waa vas OSO per acre As an acre of corn coin furnished enough feed to last one steer lays days when fell fed as shelled corn one crop acre carried alicer a alcer only lays days the field of corn used yielded 49 bushels bus liels per acres abic as grain urn and SS tons per acre as silage dressing let cent ages wl re ag 51 13 on the silage led fed steers and ail cac on oil the grain fed cattle packers said there was little difference in the quality and condition co of the two lots f ts in the beet beef prof gerlaugh gei laugh 0 of the ohio station point i out that profits from the two methods of feeding will vary from year to year according to market prices but lie he believes that tiny any aneth method of feeding which produces tile alie re ic s obtained oy ny the all silage test I 1 0 arthy of consideration |