Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 1, Number 18, DeMotte, Jasper County, 24 November 1932 — Feeding Experiments [ARTICLE]

Feeding Experiments

Values of pea vine silage fed to fattening stock are said to be varied, running from 80 to 90 per cent of the value of corn silage; but in placing such values it is understood that only the dark green and well preserved portion of the pea vine stalck is considered, and not the black and rotted outer sections. Steer feeding tests were also run, three lots of ten steers each being fed on a basal concentrate ration of shelved corn and cottonseed meal. One lot got alfalfa hay only, the second group had alfalfa plus corn silage and the third lot received alfalfa and pea silage. The corn silage lot gained the most and the pea vine silage lot gained slightly less than the straight alfalfa-fed group. Hogs followed the steers after December, and reduced the net loss on the basis of pork credits at $3.25 per hundred.--Wisconsin Agriculturist.