Table 4.

Effects of feeder design on hay waste, orts, and disappearance, Exp. 2

	Feeder design1
Item	RING	CONE	SEM2	P-value
No. of bales measured3	8	8
Bale DM weight, kg	534.7	536.8	15.6	0.89
First 24-h waste, % of bale DM4	7.70	2.14	0.92	< 0.01
Second 24-h waste, % of bale DM4	4.16	2.62	0.65	0.11
Total 48-h waste, % of bale DM4	11.9	4.77	0.6	< 0.01
Orts, % of bale DM5	24.6	29.4	1.5	0.16
Forage DM consumed, % of bale DM	63.6	65.9	1.3	0.26

¹RING = sheeted bottom steel ring feeder; CONE = RING feeder equipped with a cone insert.

²Standard error of least squares means

³Hay waste measured for two bales during each period over four periods.

⁴Hay waste expressed as a percentage of initial bale weight for first 24 h, second 24 h and total 48 h.

⁵Orts = hay DM remaining inside the feeder 48 h after bale introduction to the paddock.