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A Comparison of Some Silages for Feeding Cattle

North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

Four groups of 2-year-old range steers, 5 steers in a group, were fed for a period of 100 days on different kinds of silage under comparable conditions. The steers were in good condition for feeding and the groups were made as uniform as possible at the start. A shed with walls of ordinary drop siding, and doors which were shut in very severe weather afforded protection from cold winds, snow, and rain but did not furnish very warm quarters for the steers at times when the temperature dropped to 10, 20, or more degrees below zero. Adjoining the shed were 4 cement-paved lots approximately 25 by 60 feet in size to which the steers were allowed free access except during very cold nights and stormy weather.

The silages consisted of: (1) A mixture of sweet clover and dry oats straw in the proportion of approximately 7 parts of the sweet clover to 1 of the straw; (2) millet silage (common); (3). sunflower silage; and (4) corn silage.