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supply was not satisfactory, and during cold weatlier the 

 steers would not drink sufficient water. The feeding was 

 done under a rough shed covered with boards and Imt- 

 tens, and boarded up on the north side. The south side 

 was left open and each lot of steers had at all times the 

 choice between remaining under shelter or staying 

 in the small lots located on the south side of the feeding 

 pen. The lots w^ere on a steep, dry, sandy and stony hill- 

 side, well drained, and never became deep with mud. 

 Even in wet weather the steers seemed to prefer the 

 lot to the shed. 



The figures, which are not all on the same scale, show 

 the steers as they appeared at the end of the experiment. 



The steers were charged with all of the forage put in- 

 to the rack, and what they failed to eat was used as bed- 

 ding. The amount of this refused material was deter- 

 mined at several times and the average results are stated 

 elsewhere. 



RATIONS FED. 



The object of this experiment was to compare, 



(1) Cotton seed with cotton seed meal. (Lot III and 

 Lot L) 



(2) Horghum hay with a mixture of cowpea hay and 

 sorghum hay. (Lots III and II.) 



(3) Sorghum hay with shredded corn stover. (Lots 

 III and IV.) 



« All cotton seed was uncooked. 



On December 3 the twenty steers were divided into 

 four lots, each containing five steers. In making this di- 

 vision both the weights of the steers and their individual 

 conformation were used as a basis for the division. It 

 is believed that the lots were very much alike in average 

 quality as well as in weight. The weights of Lots I, II, 

 III, and IV on December 9 Avere respectively, 3878, 3915, 

 3858, ajid 3889 pounds. 



