Image 72 of Annual report. 1926

_ »· .’‘_»V itit * _ 24 Kentucky Bulletm N0. ,264 I s I .4 I L.'.€;.. ‘; aI II _ TABLE XV—Continued. *‘”"" ` I Lot 5*5*.. L¤i`T3"— ( ·»— — ll · . IT'i*i.·£';°·lF;{*a I I · ` I: ·I-”` Cottonseed meal ....,,................................ I 139.93 lbs. I 175.85 lbs. I *_·Q_*;—{j:_Y_I§I 5I com guage _,.___..._.....,.......................... . ..... I 1,478.661bs. I 1,937.60 lbs. Amin nay ................................................ I 161.00 lbs. I ......... I? Straw _____________________________________,_____,__.,..._..,,.. I 94.94 lbs. I 97.14 lbs. ; € F. II I I 1 I EI —- —· -—-—· —··*"?‘ TABLE XVI. I I ~ Daily Gains Per Steer. I. nw: =;;*;1-. I ··‘ I *· ....._.-._..;- -— — j _ I Lot 5 Lot 6 ¤ A I;é’a»2a». ii ’ . . ~· first fou1· weeks and that the silage contained a large percentage i? . of water. These two facts account for the small ains made I5 }‘?l‘X.€‘;‘ TI ( g II in the first four weeks. The gains made were smaller than those ’ —~ made in the two preceding years. As in the second experiment i I- the lar¤·er ains were made b Lot 5. Table XVI shows that Cl gr y the excess gain occurred after alfalfa hay was added to the ,7 ration. Reference to Tables IV and X shows that in each of \.>;.x:ak ':§ ‘ _ I . the two preceding years Lot 5 gained more than Lot 6 after tht . clover hay was added. I I WVhen alfalfa hay was added to the rat1on of Lot 5 the _ ; amount of cottonseed meal fed was reduced so that the amount of protein in the cottonseed meal and alfalfa hay combined ffl i` ;_ if . cqualed that in the cottonseed meal fed to Lot 6. r,.i* ¤ — ._ A summary of the third experiment is given in Table XVII. Prices of feeds are given at the bottom of the table. . is- I · X - *}'$1_i I ii ISI ·